Ultrastrong fiber gratings and their applications

Dmitry S. Starodubov; Victor Grubsky; Jack Feinberg

doi:10.1117/12.372770

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29 December 1999 Ultrastrong fiber gratings and their applications

Dmitry S. Starodubov, Victor Grubsky, Jack Feinberg

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Proceedings Volume 3848, Optical Fiber Reliability and Testing; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372770
Event: Photonics East '99, 1999, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Fiber Bragg gratings are used in a wide variety of devices including sensors, tunable filters, and signal controllers for Wavelength Division Multiplexing. Bragg gratings can be formed in an optical fiber by illuminating the fiber from the side with a pattern of ultraviolet light. Most gratings are made using 240-nm light. However, by using 330-nm light the grating can be written right through the standard polymer coating of the fiber, which preserves the fiber's mechanical strength. We discuss some of the mechanisms that degrade the strength of fiber gratings. We also discuss applications of mechanically strong fiber gratings, including very wide (> 50 nm) tunable filters.

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Dmitry S. Starodubov, Victor Grubsky, and Jack Feinberg "Ultrastrong fiber gratings and their applications", Proc. SPIE 3848, Optical Fiber Reliability and Testing, (29 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372770

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