Purely axial compression of fiber Bragg gratings embedded in a highly deformable polymer
Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 5, pp. 652-655 doi:10.1364/AO.47.000652
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- OCIS Codes:
- (060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
- (060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
- (160.5470) Materials : Polymers
- (230.1480) Optical devices : Bragg reflectors
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
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E. Bélanger, M. Bernier, J. P. Bérubé, S. Gagnon, D. Côté, and R. Vallée, "Purely axial compression of fiber Bragg gratings embedded in a highly deformable polymer," Appl. Opt. 47, 652-655 (2008)
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We demonstrate a tuning device for fiber Bragg gratings with a wavelength tuning range in excess of 65 nm. A purely axial tuning technique using a highly deformable polymer molded in a cylinder shape is used to embed a fiber Bragg grating and to achieve a wavelength tuning range from 1551.7 to 1485.5 nm. The tuning curve is highly linear with a tuning rate of 9.6 nm for every percent of applied strain. The insertion losses of the device, the variations of the full width at half maximum, and the stability of the Bragg wavelength over a working day have been studied and shown to be less than 0.02 dB, 0.14, and 0.2 nm, respectively.
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History
Original Manuscript: September 20, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: December 11, 2007
Revised Manuscript: December 11, 2007
Published: February 4, 2008
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Université Laval
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