{"title":"Photosensitivity in multi-valent rare earth ion doped aluminosilicate glass optical fiber","authors":"K. Oh, U. Paek, T. Morse","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.jsue.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.jsue.18","url":null,"abstract":"Multivalent rare earth ion, Sm+2/Sm+3 was incorporated into aluminosilicate glass fiber using an aerosol delivery technique. Co-doping of trivalent and divalent states of the ions has been spectroscopically confirmed. Irradiated by multi-line CW Ar ion laser of 1 Watt, the fiber showed photoinduced refractive change of 7.6 × 10−5. Bleaching of Sm+2 absorption band was also observed. Photoionization of Sm+2 is believed to be a main cause of the photosensitivity.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129262496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recoated temperature-insensitive long-period gratings","authors":"A. Abramov, A. Hale, A. Vengsarkar","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.pdp3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.pdp3","url":null,"abstract":"Long-period gratings are now being used as gain equalizers in broadband amplifiers1 and as band-rejection filters in a variety of applications.2 While these devices provide elegant in-fiber solutions to many problems in fiber communications, they can exhibit high temperature sensitivities if sufficient care is not taken in their design. When written in conventional communication-grade fibers, their spectra can shift by 4 - 10 nm per 100°C change in temperature. Two solutions to this problem have been successfully demonstrated using specially designed fibers, one based on tailoring the fiber refractive index profile3 and the other based on the use of appropriate dopant materials in the core.4 In this paper, we present long-period gratings written in conventional communication-grade fibers that use the properties of a specially-designed polymer recoat to provide the temperature-independent performance.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127007212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid Thermal Annealing of Chalcogenide glasses for Photodarkened Waveguide and Grating Applications","authors":"S. Ramachandran, S. G. Bishop","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.3","url":null,"abstract":"Optical elements for applications in communications and interconnections such as waveguides and grating devices can be patterned in chalcogenide glasses by illumination with above band gap light, which causes photodarkening1. Photodarkening is a photo-induced red shift of the optical absorption edge and is accompanied by an increase in the index of refraction in the transparent spectral range below the absorption edge. A configurational model2 describes photodarkening as an illumination induced transformation from a stable configuration to a quasi-stable configuration via an electronically excited state. Annealing close to the glass transition temperature (Tg) causes a direct structural relaxation from the quasi-stable to stable state.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123971262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W.F. Liu, L. Dong, L. Reekie, D. Culverhouse, P. Russell
{"title":"Improved Efficiency Narrow-Band Acoustooptic Tunable Reflector using Fibre Bragg Grating","authors":"W.F. Liu, L. Dong, L. Reekie, D. Culverhouse, P. Russell","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.pdp4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.pdp4","url":null,"abstract":"All-fibre versions of bulk devices are very attractive in fibre systems where low insertion loss is always desirable. We have greatly improved the performance of a recently reported [1] Bragg-grating-based acousto-optic superiattice modulator (AOSLM) by reducing the fibre diameter by HF etching. This improves the overlap of acoustic and optical power, resulting in modulator efficiencies as high as 90%. The modulator produces narrow-band amplitude-adjustable reflections that can be tuned over several nm, which is attractive for WDM and laser applications. In the device, an extensional acoustic wave is launched along a fibre Bragg grating. The ensuing superiattice modulation causes additional bands of reflection to appear on both sides of the Bragg condition. The device works by coupling together the forward and backward propagating Bloch modes in the grating (a principle first proposed in 1986 [2,3]) and operates in reflection mode. This differentiates the AOSLM from all previously reported acousto-optic fibre devices, which all rely on intermodal coupling, examples being LP01 to LP11 coupling in dual-mode [4] and twin-core [5] fibres, four-port null-couplers [6], polarisation mode couplers in Hi-Bi fibre [7] and guided-to-cladding mode coupling in standard telecom fibre [8]. In all these devices the intermodal beat length L\u0000 B\u0000 = λ /(n1 – n2) at optical wavelength λ between two modes with phase indices n1, and n2 is matched by the acoustic wavelength v\u0000 s\u0000 / f\u0000 s\u0000 where v\u0000 s\u0000 and f\u0000 s\u0000 are the acoustic phase velocity and frequency.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124212813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear response of gold nanoparticles embedded in glass matrix","authors":"H. Inouye, K. Tanaka, I. Tanahashi, K. Hirao","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.jsue.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.jsue.31","url":null,"abstract":"Small metal particles embedded in glass matrix has been investigated energetically both in the application research field and in the basic research field, since the strong enhancement of the third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility is observed around the peak of the surface-plasmon resonance. The mechanism of the nonlinear response, however, has not been clarified yet. We measured transient absorption spectra to investigate the nonlinear response of the gold nanoparticle system by the femtosecond pump-probe method. It is concluded that the nonlinear response originates mainly from the hot electron which is raised by the incidence of the pump pulse in sub-picosecond region. In the long time-scale region, where the time resolution is longer than 5~ps, transient change of the lattice temperature plays an important roll of the nonlinear response.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131621488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fiber Grating Devices for WDM Communication Systems","authors":"T. Strasser","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.btua.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.btua.1","url":null,"abstract":"UV-induced fiber phase gratings [1,2] have become a very active area of research and development in recent years. This interest is in large part due to properties of these devices which make them an enabling technology for numerous high-performance devices. Perhaps the broadest range of devices developed to date is for fiber communications technology, where current and future devices will undoubtedly play a major role in implementing Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) systems, as well as future, complex, optical networks based on such systems.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132669678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamics of Coupling Peaks by H2 Diffusion in Long-Period Grating Filters","authors":"J. Jang, K. Kwack, Sang-Bae Lee, S. Choi","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.10","url":null,"abstract":"It is now well known that germanium-doped silica fibers excellent photosensitivity. A UV source changes the refractive index of the core that contains germanium. A common type of defect formed in germanium-doped silica is GeO or oxygen deficient germania related defect [1], which is bonded to three oxygen atoms, and one bond is made to a silicon/germanium atom. This has been identified as giving rise to absorption centered around 240 nm. But, typically UV induced index changes have been limited to 3×10−5 for standard single mode fibers doped with 3% germania [2]. Increasing GeO2 doping concentration and reducing the amount of oxygen used in the fabrication of the preform also enhance the fiber photosensitivity [2]. In this case, the peak index changes are usually about 5×10−4 or less. More recently, two techniques have been proposed to enhance the photosensitivity of germanium-doped silica fibers : exposure of the material to the flame of an oxygen-hydrogen burner(flame brushing method) [3], and hydrogen loading at low temperature and high pressures [4]. Lemaire [4] showed 5.9×10−3 peak-to-peak index change in the case of 3% GeO2 loaded with 3.3% H2. In long-period grating filter fabrication, hydrogen treatment is needed to get high Δn for coupling a fundamental guided mode to the cladding leaky modes efficiently. Hydrogen treated germano-silicate fiber is unstable because of H2 diffusion process. We present the growth and decay behavior of the coupling peaks induced by H2 diffusion and annealing process for stabilization.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"402 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124589378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Cardinal, K. A. Richardson, H. Shin, G. Stegeman, L. Glebov, J. Viens, A. Villeneuve
{"title":"The role of extrinsic species on the nonlinear absorption of bulk and thin film sulfide glasses","authors":"T. Cardinal, K. A. Richardson, H. Shin, G. Stegeman, L. Glebov, J. Viens, A. Villeneuve","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.jsue.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.jsue.8","url":null,"abstract":"Commercial arsenic sulfide glasses have been prepared with different levels of purification. Linear and nonlinear absorption of both bulk and thin film materials have been measured. Analysis of the components of absorption edge and dependence on purification is discussed. Nonlinear photoinduced absorption measurements were made using femtosecond pulses in the spectral region of 1.5 μm from an optical parametric amplifier. The behavior of glasses prepared by melting or thermal evaporation techniques are compared.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114312931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. A. Evcrall, K. Sugden, J.A.R. Williams, I. Bennion, X. Liu, J. Aitchison, Richard M. De La Rue
{"title":"Fabrication of In-Fibre Moiré Filters Using a 5cm non-dedicated chirped phase mask","authors":"L. A. Evcrall, K. Sugden, J.A.R. Williams, I. Bennion, X. Liu, J. Aitchison, Richard M. De La Rue","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.15","url":null,"abstract":"Since the initial observation of photoinduced refractive index changes in optical fibres1, the area of application of fibre Bragg gratings has broadened from simple wavelength dependent reflectors to noise filtering, wavelength selection and as sensors.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115013562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Narrow Transmission Bandpass Filters Using Bragg Grating-Assisted Mode Conversion","authors":"J. Canning, D. Moss","doi":"10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/bgppf.1997.bmg.2","url":null,"abstract":"Fibre Bragg gratings are proving to be instrumental in enabling the introduction of WDM systems. They offer highly selective bandpass filtering needed for the transmission of multiple closely-spaced wavelengths. These gratings, however, tend to work in reflection since the large k-vector allows coupling from forward travelling modes to backward travelling modes. This has proved to be a major disadvantage since to operate in transmission requires the use of optical recirculators. However, gratings which operate using phase-matching in the forward direction tend to have long periods, determined by the beat length between two modes. Fundamental mode conversion [1,2] requires stripping of the higher order mode to achieve a loss bandpass. This is more readily achieved when conversion is to cladding modes [3]. Whilst these filters have very low reflections, they operate as loss filters and not transmission bandpass devices. Further, the loss bandwidth tends to be broad, on the order of 20nm, because of the small differences in modal dispersion [1-3]. On the other hand, grating dispersion has been used to achieve mode conversion in reflection over a small wavelength range [4]. In all these cases transmission notch filters are generally produced, whereas in most cases the opposite - a transmission bandpass filter - is desired.","PeriodicalId":182420,"journal":{"name":"Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Fibers and Waveguides: Applications and Fundamentals","volume":"6 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120863547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}