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Long‐period fiber gratings mechanically induced by winding a string around a fiber/grooved tube set
Author(s) -
Rego G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23572
Subject(s) - fabrication , tube (container) , fiber , string (physics) , materials science , optics , set (abstract data type) , microwave , mechanical engineering , optoelectronics , engineering , composite material , physics , computer science , telecommunications , theoretical physics , alternative medicine , pathology , medicine , programming language
In this article, we present detailed results on the fabrication and characterization of mechanically induced gratings produced by winding a string around a fiber/tube set. A comparison between the mechanical and arc‐induced gratings is made, which allowed us to draw some conclusions on the formation mechanisms of the latter. The usefulness of mechanical gratings in research labs is discussed and two typical applications are also presented. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 2064–2068, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23572