The Temperature Dependence of Polarization-Dependent Loss for a Macrobending Single-Mode-Fiber-Based Edge Filter

Author

Wang, Pengfei ; Semenova, Yuliya ; Rajan, Ginu ; Freir, Thomas ; Farrell, Gerald

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Appl. Optoelectron. Center, Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin

Volume

21

Issue

8

fYear

2009

fDate

4/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

516

Lastpage

518

Abstract

The temperature dependence of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) for a macro bending standard single-mode fiber (SMF28) is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The experimental results show an overall agreement with the proposed theoretical model over a temperature range from 0degC to 70degC. An SMF28-based edge filter is used as an example regarding temperature-dependent PDL performance. It is shown that the temperature variations have a significant influence on the polarization dependence of macro bending loss, and further impact on such a fiber bend loss edge filter used in a wavelength measurement application. It is also concluded that by using the proposed models, such a temperature-dependent birefringence can be beneficially predicted in bending fiber sensing applications.

Keywords

bending; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; temperature; SMF28 edge filter; fiber sensing; macrobending single-mode-fiber-based edge filter; polarization-dependent loss; temperature 0 C to 70 C; temperature dependence; Edge filter; macrobending loss; polarization- dependent loss (PDL); single-mode fiber (SMF28); temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2013967

Filename

4773193