Title :
An asymmetric tapered Long Period Fiber Grating: Fabrication and characterization
Author :
Sheng Chyan Lee ; Yun Thung Yong ; Kim Ho Yeap ; Abdul Rahman, Faidz
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Malaysia
Abstract :
An asymmetric tapered Long Period Fiber Grating (LPFG) was fabricated using an ignition coil based electric arcing fabrication system. The angle measurement of LPFG imaging using Matlab confirms the asymmetric tapered LPFG formation. Characterization of the asymmetric tapered Long Period Fiber Grating was done to test its sensitivity with respect to changes in the surrounding refractive index and temperature for LPFG at 900 nm to 1000 nm and 1500 nm to 1600 nm wavelength ranges. The fabricated asymmetric tapered LPFG performance is comparable with LPFG fabricated by fusion splicer but with less gratings and higher transmission loss.
Keywords :
angular measurement; arcs (electric); coils; diffraction gratings; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index; splicing; LPFG imaging; Matlab; angle measurement; asymmetric tapered LPFG formation; asymmetric tapered long period fiber grating; electric arcing fabrication system; fusion splicer; ignition coil; refractive index; wavelength 1500 nm to 1600 nm; wavelength 900 nm to 1000 nm; Computers; Engines; Gratings; Indexes; RNA; Electric Arcing; LPFG; Refractive Index; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics (ICP), 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melaka
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6073-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICP.2013.6687057