• DocumentCode
    3595792
  • Title

    A novel negative expansion substrate material for athermalizing fiber Bragg gratings

  • Author

    Weidman, D.L. ; Beall, G.H. ; Chyung, K.C. ; Francis, G.L. ; Modavis, R.A. ; Morena, R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    61
  • Abstract
    /spl beta/-eucryptite solid solution glass-ceramic substrates have a negative thermal expansion ideally suited for athermalizing fiber Bragg gratings. Gratings with thermal variations of 0.0022 nm//spl deg/C from -40 to +85/spl deg/C are reported.
  • Keywords
    ceramics; diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; solid solutions; substrates; thermal expansion; wavelength division multiplexing; -40 to 85 C; /spl beta/-eucryptite solid solution glass-ceramic substrates; WDM fibre communications; athermalized fiber Bragg gratings; negative expansion substrate material; negative thermal expansion; optical fibre sensors; thermal variations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    82-423-0418-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    713742
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3595792