Title :
Residual Stress Effects on Post-fabrication Resonance Wavelength Trimming of Long-Period Fiber Gratings
Author :
Morishita, Katsumi ; Kaino, Akihiro
Author_Institution :
Osaka Electro-Commun. Univ., Osaka
Abstract :
Residual stress effects are examined by heating long-period gratings written in the fibers un-relaxed and relaxed the stress. It becomes evident that the trimming range of resonance wavelengths can be expanded by adjusting heating temperature.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; internal stresses; optical fibre fabrication; stress effects; stress relaxation; heating temperature; long-period fiber gratings; post-fabrication resonance wavelength trimming; residual stress effects; Fiber gratings; Residual stresses; Resonance;
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.2007.4348402
