Spectral characteristics of draw-tower step-chirped fiber Bragg gratings

Abstract This paper presents research results on the spectral properties of step-chirped fiber Bragg grating arrays written during the fiber drawing process into a birefringent optical fiber with an elliptical stress cladding. The dependences of resonance shift of the step-chirped fiber Bragg grating on bending, on applied tensile stress and on temperature have been investigated. A usage of such step-chirped fiber Bragg gratings in fiber-optic sensing elements creation has been considered.

[1]  Hartmut Bartelt,et al.  Fiber Bragg grating inscription with UV femtosecond exposure and two beam interference for fiber laser applications , 2010, Photonics North.

[2]  Stefania Campopiano,et al.  Underwater Acoustic Sensors Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings , 2009, Sensors.

[3]  G. Meltz,et al.  Formation of Bragg gratings in optical fibers by a transverse holographic method. , 1989, Optics letters.

[4]  J. Pinto,et al.  Fiber Bragg grating sensors novel applications , 2012 .

[5]  Orlando Frazão,et al.  From conventional sensors to fibre optic sensors for strain and force measurements in biomechanics applications: a review. , 2014, Journal of biomechanics.

[6]  Oleg I. Medvedkov,et al.  Fibre gratings and their applications , 2005 .

[7]  A. Othonos.  Fiber Bragg gratings , 1999 .

[8]  K. Schuster,et al.  High-reflectivity draw-tower fiber Bragg gratings—arrays and single gratings of type II , 2005 .

[9]  P. Russell,et al.  100% reflectivity fibre gratings produced by a single excimer laser pulse , 1993 .

[10]  K. Hill,et al.  Photosensitivity in optical fiber waveguides: Application to reflection filter fabrication , 1978 .

[11]  Kenji Saijyou,et al.  Fiber optic interferometric hydrophone using fiber Bragg grating with time division multiplexing , 2007 .

[12]  Nobuaki Takahashi,et al.  Underwater Acoustic Sensor with Fiber Bragg Grating , 1997 .

[13]  Stefania Campopiano,et al.  Underwater Acoustic Sensors Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings , 2009, Security + Defence.

[14]  J. Canning.  Fibre gratings and devices for sensors and lasers , 2008 .

[15]  A. V. Kulikov,et al.  Bragg Gratings Induced in Birefringent Optical Fiber with an Elliptical Stress Cladding , 2013 .

[16]  R. Kashyap.  Fiber Bragg Gratings , 1999 .

[17]  Kay Schuster,et al.  Single-pulse fiber Bragg gratings and specific coatings for use at elevated temperatures. , 2007, Applied optics.