Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optical fiber connector in which optical fiber Bragg grating is built. The present invention comprises: an optical fiber cable which comprises a connection portion in contact with a receiving portion of a ferrule having an optical fiber insertion hole from a receiving portion in which a temperature compensation connector is inserted to be fixed, and an optical fiber support portion having the outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of a space portion of the ferrule, protruded from the connection portion in such a way that a space for placing Bragg grating therein is formed with a predetermined interval from an entrance of the ferrule into which an optical fiber is inserted, and in which the Bragg grating is placed in the space portion of the ferrule while allowing an optical fiber to be inserted into an optical fiber insertion hole of the temperature compensation connector, penetrating both ends at the center in an axial direction, and the optical fiber insertion hole of the ferrule; and a socket in which one end is fixed to the ferrule and the other end is fixed to the optical fiber coating of the optical fiber cable.
Abstract:
A compact, optically double-ended sensor probes with at least one 180° bend provided in the optical fiber in close proximity to a fiber Bragg grating temperature sensor suspends the optical fiber within a casing in such a way that the expansion and contract of the probe casing will not materially influence the temperature reading of the fiber Bragg grating by adding time varying or temperature varying stress components.
Abstract:
An athermal package (500) for fiber photonic devices includes a ferrule to attach the optical fiber(200) to the package. The ferrule has an opening to receive the optical fiber. The ferrule is collapsed to attach the optical fiber to the athermal package. Alternatively, the athermal package (500) uses adhesive bonds (503, 504) disposed in pockets (506, 507) of the package. The pockets have a narrow end and a wide end, with the narrow ends facing each other. The adhesive bonds are disposed in the pockets in contact the narrow ends of the pockets but not with the wide ends. The narrow ends physically confine the adhesive bonds so that if the bonds expand or contract due to environmental conditions (or the curing process), the adhesive either expands or contracts near the wide ends of the pockets. This allows the strain on the optical fiber segment between the bonds to remain substantially constant.
Abstract:
Glass frit compositions, calculated in mole percent on an oxide basis, consisting essentially of 24.5 to 29.0 P2O5; 1.0 to 5.0 % B2O3; 1.0 to 2.0 % Al2O3; and sufficient amounts of SnO and ZnO (51.5 to 66.5 SnO, and 5.0-12.0 % ZnO), wherein the molar ratio of SnO:ZnO is in the range of about 5.0:1 to 12:1, and 0.0 to 2.0 % SiO2. The glass compositions exhibit, under NMR spectroscopic analysis of B nuclei, a signal containing at least two peaks at a chemical shift in the range of approximately -18 to -25 ppm. The frit compositions is useful in an optoelectric device that employs the sealing material that comprises a frit made form the glass compositions. In particular, in a Bragg grating, the inventive glass frit (1) is employed to attach a stripped optical fiber (3) to a beta-eucryptite substrate (5) to achieve athermalization. The stripped fiber (3) is attached to the substrate with a dollop of epoxy resin (7).
Abstract:
A packaging device (10) for an optical fibre (24) is disclosed, the device comprising a first material member (12), a second material member (14), at least one lever arm (16) connectable to the fibre (24), and a mounting assembly (18, 20) for rotatably mounting the lever arms (16) to at least one of the first and/or second material members, the lever arm (16) being arranged, in use, to operate under temperature induced relative movement of the first and second material members in a manner such that strain in the fibre (24) is controlled to compensate for a temperature induced change in an optical property of the fibre (24). The mounting assembly (18, 20) may include a cylindrical axis member, one or more bearing balls, or one or more protrusions or indentations formed on the lever arm (16) and at least one of the first and/or second material members.
Abstract:
A platform comprising a support providing a controlled thermal expansion coefficient in a given direction. The support is formed of a material having a first thermal expansion coefficient and is connected to a body having a second thermal expansion coefficient. The first thermal expansion coefficient is different from the second thermal expansion coefficient, such that a change in temperature causes a relative change in the dimensions of the support and the body in a direction perpendicular to the said given direction, thereby resulting in the variation of a force applied to the support by the body in the direction perpendicular to the said given direction to control the resultant expansion coefficient in the said direction. The use of the platform for mounting optical elements such as fibre Bragg gratings, Fabry-Perot cavities or telescopes is disclosed.
Abstract:
Ceramic monoliths are described which exhibit tunable coefficients of thermal expansion from about -5 to -11 x10 DEG C near ambient temperatures. These two-phase ceramics, which are fabricated, for example, by reactive sintering of WO3 and ZrO2, consists of a matrix of ZrW2O8 with inclusions of ZrO2 having diameters less than 10 mu m. Additives may increase the density of the monoliths to greater than 98% of the calculated density. Green body densities, pre-sintered particle size distribution, sintering atmosphere, microstructure, and mechanical properties are discussed. These ceramics may be used as substrates for thermally compensating fiber Bragg gratings.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an optical device comprising an optical fibre (10) including at least an integrated component, a support (40) including two fixing zones (30, 32) whereon the optical fibre (10) is fixed respectively at the two zones (12, 14) located on either side of the component. The invention is characterised in that the support (40) comprises, between the two fixing zones (30, 32), at least a linking beam (22, 23, 24) capable of bending and the device further comprises means (50) for imposing a controlled bending to the beam (22, 23, 24), adapted to adjust the distance between the two fixing zones (30, 32).
Abstract:
A temperature compensated optical device includes a compression-tuned glass element (10) having a Bragg grating (12) therein, a compensating material spacer (26) and an end cap (28) all held within an outer shell (30). The element (10), end cap (28) and shell (30) are made of a material having a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), e.g., silica, quartz, etc. And the spacer (26) is made of a material having a higher CTE, e.g. metal Pyrex3, ceramic, etc. The material and length L5 of the spacer (26) is selected to offset the upward grating wavelength shift due to temperature. As temperature rises, the spacer (26) expands faster than the silica structure causing a compressive strain to be exerted on the element (10), which shifts the wavelength of the grating (12) down to balance the intrinsic temperature induces wavelength shift up. As a result, the grating (12) wavelength is substantially unchanged over a wide temperature range. The element (10) includes either an optical fiber having at least one Bragg grating (12) impressed therein encased within and fused to at least a portion of a glass capillary tube or a large diameter waveguide (or cane) with a grating (12) having a core (11) and a wide cladding, which does not buckle over a large range of compressive axial strains. The element may have a "dogbone" shape to amplify compressive strain on the grating (12). The device (8) may also be placed in an axially tunable system that allows the wavelength to be dynamically tuned while remaining athermal. In addition to a grating, the device may be an athermal laser, DFB laser, etc. Also, the entire device (8) may be all made of monolithic glass materials.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing an optical Bragg grating (11) on an optical fiber (1), whereby the fiber is fixed at two fixing points (21, 21) that are arranged at a distance (d) from one another, and the grating (11) is subsequently produced on the fixed fiber between said fixing points. The invention is characterized in that before the grating is produced, the fiber is durably fixed at the fixing points. The invention also relates to a device which comprises a grating of this type and a fiber of this type.