Published June 14, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Tomographic measurement of femtosecond-laser induced stress changes in optical fibers

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physicochimie de l'Atmosphere, Universite du Littoral Cote d'Opale, 59140 Dunkerque (France)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molecules, Universite de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex (France)
  • 3. Applied Photonics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)

Description

The tomographic measurement of the residual stress profile in femtosecond-laser irradiated standard SMF-28 germanium-doped telecommunication fiber is demonstrated. The fiber is irradiated with weakly focused pulses to realize long-period fiber gratings. In the irradiated grating regions, an asymmetrical increase in axial core stress up to 6.2 kg/mm2 is found. The increase in stress is attributed to a densification of the irradiated glass matrix. The stress-induced anisotropic index distribution is calculated and related to the absolute index change in the irradiated regions

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 4983-4985
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36047753
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; DOPED MATERIALS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; GLASS; GRATINGS; IRRADIATION; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESIDUAL STRESSES
Descriptors DEC
FIBERS; MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRESSES

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.