• DocumentCode
    1406694
  • Title

    Highly stable fiber Bragg gratings written in hydrogen-loaded fiber

  • Author

    Guan, Bai-Ou ; Tam, Hwa-Yaw ; Tao, Xiao-Ming ; Dong, Xiao-Yi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech., Kowloon, China
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    1349
  • Lastpage
    1351
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated that the thermal stability of fiber Bragg gratings written in hydrogen-loaded standard fibers can be significantly enhanced by preirradiating the fiber with UV beam before writing gratings. Our experimental result shows that these gratings maintained more than 60% of their initial index modulation after 10 hours at 605/spl deg/C.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; hydrogen; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; stability; thermal stability; 10 h; 605 C; H-loaded fiber; UV beam; highly stable fiber Bragg grating writing; hydrogen-loaded fiber; initial index modulation; preirradiating; Annealing; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Hydrogen; Optical fiber sensors; Reflectivity; Telecommunication standards; Temperature sensors; Thermal stability; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.883826
  • Filename
    883826