Convenient connectorization technique between single mode polymer optical fiber and single mode silica optical fiber

butt-coupling; fiber Bragg gratings; objective imaging; optical fiber devices; optical fiber sensors; Polymer optical fibers; Butt coupling; Fiber mode; Highly reflective; Objective imaging; Optical fiber devices; Polymer optical fibre; Reflective gratings; Silica optical fibers; Single mode; UV absorption; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Computer Science Applications; Applied Mathematics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Abstract :

[en] Bragg gratings can now be produced in various types of polymer optical fibers. However, compared to silica optical fibers, it is still difficult to obtain highly reflective gratings in polymer optical fibers because of material swelling resulting from larger UV absorption. Thus, real-time grating evolution monitoring in whole inscription process is highly demanded. In this paper, a convenient method is systematically introduced using an objective imaging system for permanent fiber alignment between a polymer optical fiber and a silica optical fiber before inscription process allowing analyzing spectral evolution for further grating improvement. Finally, the performance of fiber connectorization is evaluated with a core coupling loss of ~ -6.33 dB.

Disciplines :

Materials science & engineering

Author, co-author :

Yue, Xiaoyu; Research Center for Advanced Optics and Photoelectronics, Department of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China ; Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology of MOE, Shantou University, Shantou, China

Qu, Hang; Research Center for Advanced Optics and Photoelectronics, Department of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China ; Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology of MOE, Shantou University, Shantou, China

Min, Rui; Center for Cognition and Neuroergonomics, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China

Woyessa, Getinet; DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Bang, Ole; DTU Fotonik, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Speaker :

Hu, Xuehao ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Recherche > Service ERC Unit - Advanced Photonic ; Research Center for Advanced Optics and Photoelectronics, Department of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, China ; Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Technology of MOE, Shantou University, Shantou, China

Language :

English

Title :

Convenient connectorization technique between single mode polymer optical fiber and single mode silica optical fiber

Publication date :

2022

Event name :

Eighth Symposium on Novel Photoelectronic Detection Technology and Applications

Event place :

Kunming, Chn

Event date :

07-12-2021 => 09-12-2021

Main work title :

Eighth Symposium on Novel Photoelectronic Detection Technology and Applications

Editor :

Su, Junhong

Publisher :

SPIE

ISBN/EAN :

978-1-5106-5311-5

Peer review/Selection committee :

Peer reviewed

Research unit :

F108 - Electromagnétisme et Télécommunications

Research institute :

Research Institute for Materials Science and Engineering

Funders :

Chinese Society for Optical Engineering
Science and Technology on Low-light-level Night Vision Laboratory

Funding text :

This work is supported by Specialized Project Fund in Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (No. 2019ST135 and No. 2019ST096), Special projects in key fields of colleges and universities in Guangdong Province (No. 2020ZDZX3035 and No. 2020ZDZX3037) and The Start-up fund (No. NTF19023 and No. NTF18016) from Shantou University.

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