Title :
Thermal tuning of polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Liu, H.Y. ; Peng, G.D. ; Chu, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Bragg gratings in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)-based polymer fibers were created and were tuned thermally. It is found that the tuning range is more than 18 nm over a temperature variation of 50/spl deg/C. More importantly, no hysteresis effect was observed as the gratings were heated up and cooled down.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; hysteresis; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; optical tuning; thermal stability; thermo-optical effects; 50 C; PMMA-based polymer fibers; cooled down; hysteresis effect; polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings; polymethyl methacrylate; temperature variation; thermal tuning; tuned thermally; tuning range; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical tuning; Preforms; Temperature;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
