• DocumentCode
    2009147
  • Title

    CO/sub 2/-laser fabricated long-period grating sensors in graded-index multimode fibers

  • Author

    Su, Lei ; Lu, Chao ; Chiang, Kin Seng

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., Nanyang Technol. Univ.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We report long-period grating fabricated in a graded-index multimode fiber by deforming the geometry of the fiber periodically with a focused CO2-laser beam. The sensing applications of such multimode fiber long-period gratings are proposed
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; gradient index optics; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical focusing; CO2; CO2-laser fabrication; focused CO2-laser beam; graded-index fibers; long-period grating sensors; multimode fibers; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Focusing; Gas detectors; Laser beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical refraction; Power lasers; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215526
  • Filename
    1636557