Accelerated lifetime tests on UV written intra-core gratings in boron germania codoped silica fibre

Electronics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 1995, Pages 2120-2121

  Williams, D L ^a   Smith, R P ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gratings in fibres; Life testing; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL TESTING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

ACCELERATED LIFETIME TESTS; BORON GERMANIA CODOPED SILICA FIBER; REFLECTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET WRITTEN GRATINGS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0029410578     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19951443     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. WILLIAMS, D.L., AINSLIE, B.J., KASHYAP, R., SHERLOCK, G., SMITH, R.P., and COLLINS, J.V.: ‘Temperature stable 1.3μm laser with Bragg fibre grating external cavity for access networks’, Regular Proceedings European Conf. Optical Communications (ECOC), 1993, Paper Tull
2. ARCHAMBAULT, J.-L., REEKIE, L., and RUSSELL, P.S.T.J.: ‘100% reflectivity Bragg reflectors produced in optical fibres by single excimer laser pulses’, Electron. Lett., 1993, 29, (5), pp. 453-455
3. ERDOGAN, T., MIZRAHI, V., LEMAIRE, P.J., and MONROE, D.: ‘Decay of ultraviolet-induced fiber Bragg gratings’, J. Appl. Phys., 1994, pp. 73-80
4. WILLIAMS, D.L., AINSLIE, B.J., ARMITAGE, J.R., KASHYAP, R., and CAMPBELL, R.: ‘Enhanced UV photosensitivity in boron codoped germanosilicate fibres’, Electron. Lett., 1993, 29, (1), pp. 45-47
5. KOHKETSU, M., AWAZU, K., KAWAZOE, H., and YAMANE, M.: ‘Photoluminescence in VAD Si02:GeO2 glasses sintered under reducing or oxidising conditions’, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 1989, 28, (4), pp. 622-631
6. ARMITAGE, J.R.: ‘Fibre Bragg reflectors written at 262nm using frequency quadrupled Nd3+:YLF laser’, Electron. Lett., 1993, 29, (13), pp. 1181-1183