Title :
A novel negative expansion substrate material for athermalizing fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Weidman, D.L. ; Beall, G.H. ; Chyung, K.C. ; Francis, G.L. ; Modavis, R.A. ; Morena, R.M.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
/spl beta/-eucryptite solid solution glass-ceramic substrates have a negative thermal expansion ideally suited for athermalizing fiber Bragg gratings. Gratings with thermal variations of 0.0022 nm//spl deg/C from -40 to +85/spl deg/C are reported.
Keywords :
ceramics; diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; solid solutions; substrates; thermal expansion; wavelength division multiplexing; -40 to 85 C; /spl beta/-eucryptite solid solution glass-ceramic substrates; WDM fibre communications; athermalized fiber Bragg gratings; negative expansion substrate material; negative thermal expansion; optical fibre sensors; thermal variations;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
