Research Catalog

Title

Fiber Bragg gratings : fundamentals and applications in telecommunications and sensing / Andreas Othonos, Kyriacos Kalli.

Author

Othonos, Andreas.

Publication

Boston, Mass. : Artech House, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

Kalli, Kyriacos.

Description

xiv, 422 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Artech House optoelectronics library

Uniform Title

Artech House optoelectronics library.

Subjects

• Optical detectors
• Optical fibers
• Diffraction gratings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Photosensitivity in Optical Fibers. Introduction to Photosensitivity. Photosensitivity in Silicon-Based Optical Fibers. Anisotropy in the Photoinduced Index Change. Point Defects in Silicon Glass. Point Defects in Germanium-Doped Silica (Germanosilicate) Glass. Enhanced Photosensitivity in Silica Optical Fibers. Photosensitivity at Other Writing Wavelengths. Photosensitivity Mechanisms. Photosensitivity: Co-dopants and Other Fiber Types. Maintaining the Index Change -- Ch. 3. Properties of Fiber Bragg Gratings. Simple Bragg Gratings. Uniform Bragg Grating Reflectivity. Strain and Temperature Sensitivity of Bragg Gratings. Other Properties of Fiber Gratings. Types of Fiber Bragg Gratings. Photosensitivity Types of Fiber Bragg Gratings. Novel Bragg Grating Structures. Pulse Propagation in Gratings. Lifetime and Reliability of Fiber Bragg Gratings. Incoherent Scattering Loss From Fiber Bragg Gratings. Long Period Gratings --
• Ch. 4. Inscribing Bragg Gratings in Optical Fibers. Internal Inscription of Bragg Gratings. Interferometric Fabrication Technique. Phase-Mask Technique. Point-by-Point Fabrication of Bragg Gratings. Mask Image Projection. Laser Sources. Special Fabrication Processing of Gratings. Hydrogenation. Fabrication of Bragg Gratings Through Polymer Jacket -- Ch. 5. Fiber Bragg Grating Theory. Coupled-Mode Theory. Two-Mode Coupling in Nonuniform Gratings. Tilted Gratings. Cladding-Mode Coupling. Radiation-Mode Coupling. Long Period Gratings. Rouard's Method. Bloch Waves. Nonlinear Grating Effects -- Ch. 6. Applications of Bragg Gratings in Communications. Fiber Lasers. Fiber Amplifiers. Fiber Bragg Grating Laser Diodes. Basic Band-pass and Other Types of Fiber Bragg Filters. Wavelength Division Multiplexers/Demultiplexers. Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing. Dispersion Compensation. Temperature Sensor in a Passive Optical Network. Optical Fiber Phase Conjugator.
• Phased-Array Antenna Beam-Forming Control -- Ch. 7. Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors. Sensing External Fields. Wavelength Demodulation of Bragg Grating Point Sensors. Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Strain. Polarization Stability of Interrogation Schemes. Multiplexing Techniques. Sensors Based on Chirped Bragg Gratings. Distinguishing Bragg Grating Strain Effects. Bragg Grating Fiber Laser Sensors. Bragg Gratings as Interferometric Sensors and Reflective Markers. Other Bragg Sensor Types. Applications of Bragg Grating Sensors -- Ch. 8. Impact of Fiber Bragg Gratings. Importance of Fiber Bragg Gratings to Global Communications. Commercial Prospects of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors.

ISBN

0890063443 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99021679

OCLC

• 40912679
• ocm40912679
• SCSB-3863991

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries