摘要:
The optical fiber comprises: (a) a core having a refractive index profile and a centerline; and (b) a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core; wherein core includes updoping material and is doped with F in at least one region of the core, such that either: (a) the average longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the core is within 0.05% of the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the cladding; or (b) the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity at one region of the core is different from the longitudinal velocity at another region of the core by at least 0.2%.
摘要:
An optical fiber, comprising: (i) a rare earth doped silica based elongated core with a first refractive index (n1) with an aspect ratio of 1:5 to 1; (ii) a silica based moat abutting and at least substantially surrounding the core, the moat having a refractive index n2, wherein n2 n3; and n3>n2; (iv) a silica based outer cladding surrounding said inner cladding, the outer cladding having a fourth refractive index (n4), such that n4
摘要翻译:一种光纤,包括:(i)具有长宽比为1:5至1的第一折射率(n <1> 1)的稀土掺杂二氧化硅基细长芯; (ii)邻接并且至少基本上围绕所述芯的基于二氧化硅的护城河,所述护城河具有折射率n 2 N 2,其中n 2 ; (iii)围绕所述护城河的基于二氧化硅的内包层,所述内包层具有第三折射率(n 3/3),其中n 1 <3> n 3 < SUB>; 和n 3 3 sub> n 2; (iv)围绕所述内包层的基于二氧化硅的外包层,所述外包层具有第四折射率(n≥4 sub>),使得n 4 光纤在工作波长带表现出单极化。
摘要:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) a silica based inner cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, said inner cladding having a plurality of air holes extending longitudinally through the length of said optical fiber; (iii) a silica based outer cladding surrounding said inner cladding and having a third index of refraction n3, such that n2>n3, wherein said optical fiber supports a single polarization mode within the operating wavelength range.
摘要翻译:一种光纤,包括:(i)具有第一折射率n 1的二氧化硅基稀土掺杂的芯; (ii)围绕所述芯并且具有第二折射率n 2 2的基于二氧化硅的内包层,使得n 1,N 2, 所述内包层具有沿所述光纤的长度纵向延伸的多个气孔; (iii)围绕所述内包层并具有第三折射率n 3 3的基于二氧化硅的外包层,使得n 2 N 3 N 3 其中所述光纤在工作波长范围内支持单一偏振模式。
摘要:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n1; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, said cladding having a plurality of stress rods and a plurality of air holes extending longitudinally through the length of said optical fiber; wherein said optical fiber supports a single polarization mode or poses-polarization maintaining properties within the operating wavelength range.
摘要:
An optical fiber comprising a core having a refractive index profile and a centerline; and a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core; wherein core includes updoping material and is doped with Aluminum in at least one region of the core, such that either: (a) the average longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the core is within 0.05% of the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the cladding; or (b) the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity in the core changes by at least 0.2%.
摘要:
An optical system comprises an optical fiber with gain producing core with an index of refraction n1, surrounded by at least one cladding with an index of refraction n2, said cladding including at least one index reduced area with an index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2>n2, the core propagating signal at a spatial fundamental mode at a signal wavelength λ1 and at a power level sufficient to generate optical power at a wavelength λ2, where λ2>λ1, and the optical fiber has at least one cut-off fundamental spatial mode wavelength λC, and λ1 λC.
摘要:
An optical fiber includes a silica-based glass portion having an outer diameter of less than about 120 μm. The glass portion comprises a core, an inner cladding and a low index ring. The core comprises an index of refraction n1, and a relative refractive index percent Δ1% relative to pure silica glass. The inner cladding surrounds the core and comprises an index of refraction n2, a radial thickness of less than about 40 μm and a relative refractive index percent Δ2% relative to pure silica glass, wherein Δ1%>Δ2% and the difference between Δ1% and Δ2% is greater than 0.1%. The low index ring surrounds the inner cladding and comprises boron and fluorine, a radial thickness of less than about 20 μm, an index of refraction n3 and a third relative refractive index percent Δ3% relative to pure silica glass, wherein Δ2%>Δ3% and Δ3% is less than −0.5%.
摘要:
A method for producing an optical fiber is provided. The method includes the steps of drawing an optical fiber from a heated glass source in a furnace and introducing index perturbations to the optical fiber via a plurality of perturbation sources arranged at a plurality of different azimuthal locations. The index perturbations are introduced synchronously at different locations along the axial length of the fiber by the plurality of perturbation sources in a generally helical pattern on the outside surface of the fiber in one embodiment. According to another embodiment, the index perturbations are introduced by the plurality of perturbation sources at different frequencies.
摘要:
A system for simultaneously determining strain and temperature characteristics of an object comprising: (i) at least one optical fiber having at least two Brillouin peaks; (ii) at least one connector securing the optical fiber to the object to be monitored; (iii) a laser positioned to provide laser light to said at least one optical fiber; (iv) a device measuring frequencies of said at least two Brillouin peaks, and determining frequency shifts of said at least two Brillouin peaks for said at least one optical fiber along the length of fiber; and (v) a system calculating strain and temperature characteristics along said fiber, based on the coefficients of strain and temperature as well as the measured Brillouin frequency shifts for said optical fiber along the length of said optical fiber.
摘要:
An embodiment of a sensor fiber includes: at least two fiber sections with a plurality of holes; and at least one other fiber section situated between said at least two fiber sections, wherein the at least one other fiber sections being without the plurality of holes.