• DocumentCode
    1454506
  • Title

    Comparison of the Radiation Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Gratings Made by Four Different Manufacturers

  • Author

    Hoeffgen, Stefan K. ; Henschel, Henning ; Kuhnhenn, Jochen ; Weinand, Udo ; Caucheteur, Christophe ; Grobnic, Dan ; Mihailov, Stephen J.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Tech. Trend Anal., Euskirchen, Germany
  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    906
  • Lastpage
    909
  • Abstract
    The radiation sensitivity of type I FBGs written by four different manufacturers with different UV or IR lasers in two different Ge-doped H2 loaded and unloaded fibers was investigated. The measured peak shifts agreed quite well.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; germanium; hydrogen; infrared sources; laser beam effects; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; ultraviolet radiation effects; ultraviolet sources; Ge-doped H2 loaded fibers; IR laser; UV laser; fiber Bragg gratings; peak shifts; radiation sensitivity; type I FBG; unloaded fibers; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Radiation effects; Sensitivity; Temperature sensors; Femtosecond infrared laser; UV laser; fiber Bragg gratings; gamma rays; optical fibers; radiation effects; radiation sensors; tilted Bragg gratings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2011.2106800
  • Filename
    5716707