Dynamic photothermal resonance push-pull in a fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot

Author

Chow, Jong H. ; McKenzie, Kirk ; Littler, Ian C M ; McClelland, David E. ; Gray, Malcolm B.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

fYear

2005

fDate

22-28 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

875

Lastpage

876

Abstract

The dynamic photothermal behavior of a passive fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot (FFP) is investigated, when it is interrogated with a tunable laser. This photothermal effect needs to be taken into account when an FFP is used as a wavelength demultiplexer, as it can be a source of filter instability; while as a sensor, this effect can also translate into phase noise. Finally, the photothermal push-pull should be considered in the characterization of passive fiber resonators, as it can distort the reflectivity and transmissivity scans of the FFP.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; demultiplexing equipment; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre testing; optical resonators; photothermal effects; reflectivity; dynamic photothermal resonance; fiber Bragg grating Fabry-Perot; filter instability; passive fiber resonators; phase noise; reflectivity; sensor; transmissivity; wavelength demultiplexer; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Optical fiber sensors; Phase noise; Photothermal effects; Resonance; Resonator filters; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9217-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548280

Filename

1548280