Title :
Characterization of Cladding Modes for the Design of Long-Period Fiber Gratings
Author :
Liu, Qing ; Chiang, Kin Seng ; Liu, Yunqi
Author_Institution :
City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon
Abstract :
We propose a method to measure the dispersion characteristics of the cladding modes of a single-mode fiber for the design of long-period gratings. The phase-matching curves for the first 19 symmetric cladding modes are obtained.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical dispersion; optical fibre cladding; cladding modes characterization; dispersion characteristics; long-period fiber gratings; phase-matching curves; single-mode fiber; symmetric cladding modes; Bragg gratings; Couplings; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber communication; Optical frequency conversion; Phase measurement; Resonance; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348309
