摘要:
The present invention relates to a glass article for use as an optical waveguide fiber (1), the core (4) of which is doped with a chalcogenide element to significantly increase the refractive index of the core (4). The subject of this invention is novel doped silica core composition wherein a portion of the oxygen in the silica is replaced with either sulfur, selenium or tellurium using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). These compositions are designed to have higher refractive indices than silica, low coefficient of expansion, high optical transparency and appropriate viscosity and softening points to make them ideal candidates for use as optical waveguide fibers.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a glass article for use as an optical waveguide fiber (1), the core (4) of which is doped with a chalcogenide element to significantly increase the refractive index of the core (4). The subject of this invention is novel doped silica core composition wherein a portion of the oxygen in the silica is replaced with either sulfur, selenium or tellurium using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). These compositions are designed to have higher refractive indices than silica, low coefficient of expansion, high optical transparency and appropriate viscosity and softening points to make them ideal candidates for use as optical waveguide fibers.
摘要:
Applicants have determined that the temperature sensitivity of long-period grating devices is due to differential variation with temperature of the refractive indices of the core and cladding. They have further determined that the cladding profile and fiber composition can be redesigned to substantially reduce this differential variation, thereby reducing the temperature sensitivity of long-period gratings of less than 4 nm per 100°C and preferably less than 2 nm per 100°C. This design permits the use of long-period grating devices without temperature control or compensation.
摘要:
Applicants have determined that the temperature sensitivity of long-period grating devices is due to differential variation with temperature of the refractive indices of the core and cladding. They have further determined that the cladding profile and fiber composition can be redesigned to substantially reduce this differential variation, thereby reducing the temperature sensitivity of long-period gratings of less than 4 nm per 100°C and preferably less than 2 nm per 100°C. This design permits the use of long-period grating devices without temperature control or compensation.
摘要:
A method for optimizing the architecture of a linear sensor array using WDM- TDM technology and stabilizing the reflectivity spectral profile of the fiber Bragg gratings of the sensors against the influence of environmental factors such as pressure and temperature is provided. The method includes stripping a portion of the foamed coating on the exterior of an optical fiber in the region of the fiber Bragg grating to thin the coating in the region of the grating. After the coating is stripped and the optical fiber cleaned, the area of stripped fiber is recoated with an unvoided plastic.
摘要:
An optical waveguide grating with radiative mode-coupling properties, with exceptional stability and reliability as an optical component, wherein the central wavelength of the rejection band has a low temperature dependence, due to the use of silica glass doped with germanium and boron for the core. The rejection bandwidth can be narrowed without increasing the grating length by forming the radiative mode-coupled optical waveguide grating in an optical waveguide wherein the mean relative refractive index difference of the core is greater than that of optical communication waveguides. The rejection can be increased by reducing the occurrence of cases wherein propagation modes of the core coupled to cladding modes once again couple to the core in palnar optical waveguide gratings formed by making periodic changes in the waveguide structure along the direction of propagation of light in an optical waveguide having a cladding with a lower refractive index than the core surrounding the core, by making the thickness of the cladding at least thirteen times the thickness of the core.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention include a singlemode optical fiber (10) having an antimony (Sb) doped core region (12), a suitable cladding region (14) formed on the core region, and one or more gratings (16) written in the optical fiber. Optical fibers manufactured according to embodiments of the invention provide faster growth of grating strength, higher thermal stability, and longer photosensitive wavelength compared to conventional Ge doped silica optical fibers. The optical fiber is fabricated for applications such as fiber grating applications where the index of the core is modulated by UV radiation. Also, the addition of Sb in the core region of the singlemode optical fiber provides higher temperature (for example, greater than 100° C) applications of fiber gratings and a reduced degradation of the band rejection efficiency. Also, the optical fibers are more conducive to direct and non-destructive grating writing over polymer jackets with a longer photosensitive wavelength in the UV range.
摘要:
There is provided a temperature-compensated long period optical fiber grating filter using a multi-cladding structure. In an optical fiber used for the temperature-compensated long period optical fiber grating filter, a plurality of long period fiber gratings are formed periodically in a core and the core is doped with a first dopant to show a positive coupling wavelength shift as temperature increases. An inner cladding is formed around the core and has a refractive index lower than that of the core. An outer cladding is formed around the inner cladding and has a lower refractive index than that of the inner cladding, and is doped with a second dopant to show a negative coupling wavelength shift as the refractive index of the outer cladding is increased with temperature. The positive wavelength shift and the negative wavelength shift are canceled out, thereby compensating temperature.
摘要:
An optical waveguide grating with radiative mode-coupling properties, with exceptional stability and reliability as an optical component, wherein the central wavelength of the rejection band has a low temperature dependence. The rejection bandwidth can be narrowed without increasing the grating length by forming the radiative mode-coupled optical waveguide grating in an optical waveguide wherein the mean relative refractive index difference of the core is greater than that of optical communication waveguides.