Title :
Photo-thermal effects in fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Littler, Ian C M ; Grujic, Thomas ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
The photo-thermal effect describes the absorption of light and a change in grating characteristics via dn/dT, which can mask fast non-linear optical effects. The effect is characterized and a method to reduce it is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; light absorption; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; photothermal effects; fiber Bragg gratings; grating characteristics; light absorption; nonlinear optical effects; photo-thermal effects; Absorption; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; (060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications: Fiber optics components; (140.6810) Lasers and laser optics: Thermal effects; (190.4870) Nonlinear optics: Optically induced thermo-optical effects; (230.1480) Optical devices: Bragg reflectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628320
