Title :
Comparison of the Induced Birefringence in Fiber Bragg Gratings Fabricated with Ultrafast-IR and CW-UV Lasers
Author :
Lu, Ping ; Mihailov, Stephen J. ; Grobnic, Dan ; Walker, Robert B.
Author_Institution :
Communications Research Centre Canada, 3701 Carling Avenue, Box. 11490, Station H Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2H 8S2, ping.lu@crc.ca
Abstract :
The changes of birefringence in FBGs induced by ultrafast-IR and CW-UV lasers in SMF28 fibers are measured during grating inscription. Throughout annealing up to 800 °C, the birefringence reductions are also examined.
Keywords :
Annealing; Birefringence; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801001
