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Design and Fabrication of an Optical Fiber Made of Water
Published on: November 8, 2018
Linear electro-optical effect in silica fibers poled with ultraviolet lamp
Abstract:
A second-order nonlinearity was induced in silica fibers poled by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and simultaneous high voltage applied to internal electrodes. The UV light source was a tubular lamp with spectral peak at 254 nm. The highest second-order nonlinear coefficient measured through the linear electro-optic effect was 0.062 pm/V. The erasure of the recorded voltage with UV excitation was studied, and the stability of the poled fiber at a temperature exceeding ~400 K was investigated. By eliminating the use of a focused laser beam as excitation source, the technique enables poling many pieces of fiber in parallel.
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