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Fiber Bragg grating and fabrication method

US7574075B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2009
Grant dateAug 11, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/02204
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of fabrication of a thermally stabilized Type I fiber Bragg grating-based temperature sensing device includes doping a fiber core material with germanium or germanium oxide for enhancing photosensitivity, co-doping the fiber core material with fluorine or chorine or for increasing a mean coordination number; and ultraviolet laser inscribing a periodic or quasiperiodic modulated refractive index structure in the fiber core using a laser energy operating at less than 1000 milliJoules per square centimeter per pulse. The resulting sensor is operable for more than 1000 hours at temperatures up to at least 550 degrees Celsius.

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