Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method which produces an optical fiber device having a longitudinal conductor. SOLUTION: The optical fiber device which can electrically be controlled is produced through a step wherein a fiber preform 10 including a core area 11, a clad area 12, and holes 13A, 13B filled with one or more conductors 14A, 14B is provided, and a step wherein an optical fiber having a longitudinal buried conductor integral therewith is stretched from this preform.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical fiber Bragg diffraction grating provided with a ring consisting of gap regions (gaps) extending in a longitudinal direction apart spacings around a core in order to lessen short-wavelength cladding mode loss. SOLUTION: This invention is based on the finding that the internal gap claddings formed to necessary dimensions apart the suitable spacings substantially lessen the short-wavelength cladding mode loss in the fiber Bragg diffraction grating. The fiber Bragg diffraction grating is provided with the ring consisting of the gap regions extending in the longitudinal direction apart the proximate spacings in the glass enclosing the periphery of the core. The gaps are formed to the spacings parted by thin glass webs having a thickness below the wavelength of the light to be transmitted and are arranged around the core at distances of 1 to 10 wavelengths from the center of the core. The thin webs limit the passage of the light between the gaps. The combinations of the webs and the gaps act as the internal thin claddings to support the cladding mode fewer than the conventional glass claddings and considerably provide the increase of the wavelength intervals between the Bragg resonance and the first cladding mode resonance.
Abstract:
The present invention is predicated on applicants' discovery that an appropriately spaced and dimensioned internal gap cladding can substantially reduce short wavelength cladding mode loss in a fiber Bragg grating. A fiber Bragg grating is provided with a ring of closely spaced, longitudinally extending gap regions in the glass peripherally surrounding the core. The gaps are spaced apart by thin glass webs having a thickness less than a wavelength of the light being transmitted and are disposed peripherally abou t the core at a distance of 2-10 wavelengths from the core center. The thin webs limit the passage of the light between the gaps. The combination of webs and gaps acts as an internal thin cladding which supports fewer cladding modes than conventional glass cladding and, significantly, provides increased wavelength spacing between the Bragg resonance and the first cladding made resonance.
Abstract:
A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. Th e method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the opti cal waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and tran smitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon re ceiving a reflected optical waveform from the unknown contaminant, determini ng whether the unknown contaminant correlates to the known contaminant based on the reflected waveform.
Abstract:
A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. The method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the optical waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and transmitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon receiving a reflected optical waveform from the unknown contaminant, determining whether the unknown contaminant correlates to the known contaminant based on the reflected waveform.
Abstract:
A method is provided for identifying a contaminant in a gaseous space. The method includes: generating a broadband optical waveform; shaping the optical waveform to match an expected waveform for a known contaminant; and transmitting the shaped optical waveform towards an unknown contaminant. Upon receiving a reflected optical waveform from the unknown contaminant, determining whether the unknown contaminant correlates to the known contaminant based on the reflected waveform.