Title :
Side-diffraction technique for highly accurate characterization of fiber Bragg grating index modulation
Author :
Baskin, L. ; Sumetsky, M. ; Westbrook, P. ; Reyes, P. ; Eggleton, B.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a technique for simultaneous measurement of fiber grating refractive index modulation (accuracy∼2×10-6) and grating period variation (accuracy∼5 pm) and apply our technique to direct calculation of chirped fiber grating group delay ripple.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; refractive index measurement; chirped fiber grating group delay ripple; fiber grating refractive index modulation measurement; grating characterization; grating period variation measurement; side-diffraction technique; Bragg gratings; Delay; Fiber gratings; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Phase measurement; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248283