Open AccessImpact of fiber design on polarization dependence in microbend gratings
Author(s) -
Steven E. Golowich,
Siddharth Ramachandran
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.006870
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , polarization (electrochemistry) , polarization maintaining optical fiber , optical fiber , graded index fiber , fiber optic sensor , physics , chemistry
Polarization dependence in microbend gratings is an inherent problem. We formulate simple analytical expressions to describe it, and demonstrate their effectiveness via a comparison with experimental results on a standard transmission fiber. The ability to control polarization dependence with fiber design potentially enables replacing UV-LPGs within low-cost, tunable microbend gratings.