Form birefringence of fiber Bragg gratings due to UV exposure anisotropy

Xavier Daxhelet; Nicolas Godbout; Suzanne Lacroix

Optical Fiber Communication Conference
Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2004),
paper ThC2

Form birefringence of fiber Bragg gratings due to UV exposure anisotropy

Xavier Daxhelet, Nicolas Godbout, and Suzanne Lacroix

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2004

Los Angeles, California United States
ISBN: 1-55752-767-9

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X. Daxhelet, N. Godbout, and S. Lacroix, "Form birefringence of fiber Bragg gratings due to UV exposure anisotropy," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2004), paper ThC2.

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Abstract

Fiber birefringence is induced during UV exposure because of absorption and beam focusing. Both effects have a small, comparable magnitude and opposite signs. Form birefringence does not explain the observed polarization dependence of FBGs.

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