HIGH-PRESSURE H-2 LOADING AS A TECHNIQUE FOR ACHIEVING ULTRAHIGH UV PHOTOSENSITIVITY AND THERMAL SENSITIVITY IN GEO2 DOPED OPTICAL FIBERS

被引:512
作者
LEMAIRE, PJ
ATKINS, RM
MIZRAHI, V
REED, WA
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 07974
关键词
OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930796
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
High pressure 'hydrogen loading' has been used to sensitise standard singlemode fibres, resulting in the largest reported UV induced index changes for low GeO2 fibres. Grating bandwidths of 4 nm and peak DELTAns of 5.9 x 10(-3) have been reproducibly achieved. Substantial index changes have also been achieved by rapidly heating H-2 loaded fibres of various compositions.
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页数:3
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