Dual-twist fiber long period gratings

Victor M. Churikov; Victor I. Kopp; A. Z. Genack

doi:10.1117/12.809236

6 February 2009 Dual-twist fiber long period gratings

Victor M. Churikov, Victor I. Kopp, A. Z. Genack

Proceedings Volume 7212, Optical Components and Materials VI; 72120H (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809236
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Long period fiber gratings couple core and co-propagating cladding modes to produce dips in the transmission spectrum and have been widely utilized as sensors and filters. We have recently developed a new approach to long period fiber gratings utilizing optical fibers, which are uniformly twisted at elevated temperatures to produce double or single helices. Because these fibers are not manufactured by exposing photosensitive glass to patterned UV illumination, as is the case for traditional fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) or long period gratings (LPGs), they are more robust in harsh thermal and chemical environments. Double helix fibers are polarization sensitive and are fabricated by twisting fiber preforms with high-index noncircular cores while single helix gratings are polarization insensitive and are created by twisting standard optical fibers with cores that are not perfectly centered. Here, we present a new approach to single-helix chiral long-period gratings (CLPGs). The CLPG is created in a glassforming process in which two optical fibers are twisted together to form a helix in the signal fiber as the fibers pass through a miniature oven. "Dual-twist" CLPGs may be fabricated from any conventional or specialty fiber and provide reproducible spectra that may be tailored to specific applications.

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Victor M. Churikov, Victor I. Kopp, and A. Z. Genack "Dual-twist fiber long period gratings", Proc. SPIE 7212, Optical Components and Materials VI, 72120H (6 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809236

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