Title :
Behaviour of in-fibre Bragg gratings in hydrogen atmosphere at elevated temperature
Author :
Lanin, A.V. ; Butov, O.V. ; Dianov, E.M. ; Golant, K.M.
Author_Institution :
A.M. Prokhorov Gen. Phys. Inst., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
The evolution of reflectance spectra is recorded during Bragg gratings heat treatment in hydrogen atmosphere at a pressure of 8 MPa and temperatures up to 600 °C. ´Type I´ and ´type IIA´ gratings written in germanium- and nitrogen-doped-silica-core fibers are investigated.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; elemental semiconductors; germanium; heat treatment; nitrogen; optical fibre fabrication; reflectivity; silicon compounds; 8 MPa; SiO2:Ge; SiO2:N2; germanium-doped silica-core fiber; heat treatment; hydrogen atmosphere; in-fibre Bragg gratings; nitrogen-doped-silica-core fiber; reflectance spectra;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1