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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 23 — Nov. 10, 2008
  • pp: 19018–19033

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Thermal wavelength stabilization of Bragg gratings photowritten in hole-filled microstructured optical fibers

Nicolas Mothe, Dominique Pagnoux, Minh Chau Phan Huy, Véronique Dewinter, Guillaume Laffont, and Pierre Ferdinand  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 23, pp. 19018-19033 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.019018


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Abstract

We demonstrate that the resonance wavelength of fiber Bragg gratings photowritten in the core of microstructured optical fibers can be efficiently stabilized versus temperature by inserting suitable refractive index materials with a negative thermal sensitivity into the holes. By these means, the effective index of the guided mode undergoes thermal variations which counterbalance the effect of the grating period thermal drift. The residual excursion of the resonance wavelength can be limited to less than ± 10 pm over a 70 ℃ range of temperature into Microstructured Optical Fibers (MOFs) having realistic geometrical parameters, and using existing refractive index materials. Low cost passively stabilized reflectors with insertion loss lower than 0.3 dB can be realized by splicing single mode fibers at both ends of a short length of a filled MOF including the fiber Bragg grating.

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OCIS Codes
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(060.3735) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber Bragg gratings
(060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: May 20, 2008
Revised Manuscript: July 9, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: July 22, 2008
Published: November 4, 2008

Citation
Nicolas Mothe, Dominique Pagnoux, Minh Chau Phan Huy, Véronique Dewinter, Guillaume Laffont, and Pierre Ferdinand, "Thermal wavelength stabilization of Bragg gratings photowritten in hole-filled microstructured optical fibers," Opt. Express 16, 19018-19033 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-23-19018


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