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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
