Hindering effect of the core–cladding interface in thermally poled optical fibers

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (18) ◽  
pp. 5771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Huang ◽  
Guobin Ren ◽  
Yixiao Gao ◽  
Bofeng Zhu ◽  
Xiaomeng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
The Core ◽  
Thermally Poled

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Scattering-Level Multiplexing (SLMux) in Distributed Fiber-Optic Backscatter Reflectometry Physical Sensors

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Tosi ◽  
Carlo Molardi ◽  
Wilfried Blanc ◽  
Tiago Paixão ◽  
Paulo Antunes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Rayleigh Scattering ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Single Fiber ◽  
Distributed Sensor ◽  
The Core ◽  
Physical Sensors ◽  
Core Section ◽  
Boundary Limits ◽  
Multiple Fibers

Optical backscatter reflectometry (OBR) is a method for the interrogation of Rayleigh scattering occurring in each section of an optical fiber, resulting in a single-fiber-distributed sensor with sub-millimeter spatial resolution. The use of high-scattering fibers, doped with MgO-based nanoparticles in the core section, provides a scattering increase which can overcome 40 dB. Using a configuration-labeled Scattering-Level Multiplexing (SLMux), we can arrange a network of high-scattering fibers to perform a simultaneous scan of multiple fiber sections, therefore extending the OBR method from a single fiber to multiple fibers. In this work, we analyze the performance and boundary limits of SLMux, drawing the limits of detection of N-channel SLMux, and evaluating the performance of scattering-enhancement methods in optical fibers.

scholarly journals Experimental Characterization of Plasmonic Sensors Based on Lab-Built Tapered Plastic Optical Fibers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nunzio Cennamo ◽  
Francesco Arcadio ◽  
Aldo Minardo ◽  
Domenico Montemurro ◽  
Luigi Zeni
Keyword(s):  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Gold Film ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Experimental Characterization ◽  
Plasmonic Sensors ◽  
Spr Sensor ◽  
The Core ◽  
Plastic Optical Fibers

In this work, we have compared several configurations of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors based on D-shaped tapered plastic optical fibers (TPOFs). Particularly, the TPOFs used to obtain the SPR sensors are made by a lab-built system based on two motorized linear positioning stages and a heating plate. Preliminarily, a comparative analysis has been carried out between two different configurations, one with and one without a thin buffer layer deposited between the core of TPOFs and the gold film. After this preliminary step, we have used the simpler configuration, obtained without the buffer layer, to realize different SPR D-shaped TPOF sensors. This study could be of interest in SPR D-shaped multimode plastic optical fiber (POF) sensors because, without the tapers, the performances decrease when the POF’s diameter decreases, whereas the performances improve in SPR D-shaped tapered POF sensors, where the diameter decreases in the D-shaped sensing area. The performances of the SPR sensors based on different taper ratios have been analyzed and compared. The SPR-TPOF sensors have been tested using water–glycerin mixtures with refractive indices ranging from 1.332 to 1.381 RIU. According to the theory, the experimental results have demonstrated that, as the taper ratio increases, the sensitivity of the SPR sensor increases as well, while on the contrary the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) decreases.

Identification of Nanocrystalline Inclusions in Bismuth-Doped Silica Fibers and Preforms

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 987-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liudmila D. Iskhakova ◽  
Filipp O. Milovich ◽  
Valery M. Mashinsky ◽  
Alexander S. Zlenko ◽  
Sergey E. Borisovsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Optical Loss ◽  
Laser Generation ◽  
Dopant Distribution ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Core ◽  
Silica Fibers ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Bismuth Concentration

AbstractThe nature of nanocrystalline inclusions and dopant distribution in bismuth-doped silicate fibers and preforms are studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and energy and wavelength-dispersive X-ray microanalysis. The core compositions are Bi:SiO2, Bi:Al2O3–SiO2, Bi:GeO2–SiO2, Bi:Al2O3–GeO2–SiO2, and Bi:P2O5–Al2O3–GeO2–SiO2. Nanocrystals of metallic Bi, Bi2O3, SiO2, GeO2, and Bi4(GeO4)3 are observed in these glasses. These inclusions can be the reason for the background optical loss in bismuth-doped optical fibers. The bismuth concentration of 0.0048±0.0006 at% is directly measured in aluminosilicate optical fibers with effective laser generation (slope efficiency of 27% at room temperature).

Graded-Index and Single-Mode Polymer Optical Fibers

1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Koike
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Polymer Optical Fiber ◽  
Core Diameter ◽  
Graded Index ◽  
The Core ◽  
High Bandwidth ◽  
Polymer Optical Fibers ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACTHigh-bandwidth graded-index (GI) polymer optical fiber (POF) and single-mode POF with good mechanical properties were successfully obtained by our interfacial-gel polymerization technique. The bandwidth of the GI POF is about 1 GHz · km which is two hundred times larger than that of the conventional step-index (SI) POF. The minimum attenuation of transmission is 56 dB/km at 688-nm wavelength and 94 dB/km at 780-nm wavelength. The single-mode POF in which the core diameter was 3–15 μ m and the attenuation of transmission was 200 dB/km at 652-nm wavelength was successfully obtained for the first time.

Temperature measurements in the core of active optical fibers under lasing conditions

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 853-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Gainov ◽  
R. I. Shaidullin ◽  
O. A. Ryabushkin
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
The Core
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