• DocumentCode
    422451
  • Title

    Form birefringence of fiber Bragg gratings due to exposure anisotropy

  • Author

    Daxhelet, Xavier ; Godbout, Nicolas ; Lacroix, Suzanne

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. des Fibres Optiques, Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Abstract
    Fiber birefringence is induced during UV exposure because of absorption and beam focusing. Both effects have a small, comparable magnitude and opposite signs. Form birefringence does not explain the observed polarization dependence of FBGs.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical focusing; ultraviolet sources; FBG; UV exposure; anisotropy; beam focusing; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber birefringence; polarization dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1362065