Novel growth behaviors of fiber Bragg gratings in polymer optical fiber under UV irradiation with low power

Author

Liu, H.B. ; Liu, H.Y. ; Peng, G.D. ; Chu, P.L.

Author_Institution

Photonics & Opt. Commun. Group, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

161

Abstract

Some novel behaviors in fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) growth have been observed when the polymer optical fiber are exposed to low-power level of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. For the first time, we observed the growing and erasing of polymer FBGs under UV exposure, and regrowing after the UV exposure is off. The growth behaviors are quite different in contrast with the previously reported Type I and Type II polymer optical FBGs behaviors. This discloses that polymer FBG growth is a writing-power-dependent process.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; refractive index; thermal stresses; ultraviolet radiation effects; Type I growth; Type II growth; fiber Bragg gratings; grating growth behaviors; low-power ultraviolet irradiation; photosensitivity; polymer optical fiber; reflection spectra; thermal stress; transmission spectra; writing-power-dependent process; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Silicon compounds; Tensile strain; Thermal stresses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.820115

Filename

1255984