Real-Time Investigation of Thermal Poling Process in Optic Fiber

Abstract:

Thermal poling could make centrosymmetric fused silica optical fibers generate second-order nonlinearity effect and linear electooptic effect. In order to investigate the influence of thermal poling parameters on linear electooptic effect, a real-time test system, which mainly consists of an all polarization maintaining fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer, has been utilized to monitor the whole thermal poling process in fibers. The processing parameters in thermal poling, such as applied poling voltage, poling duration and temperature, have been measured in real time. Based on those measurements, their influence on the linear electrooptic effect has been discussed. Experiment results show that the linear electrooptic coefficient would increase when a stronger electric field is applied on fibers. Considering the anti-high-voltage breakdown capability of fibers, a DC voltage from 3KV to 4KV is suitable for polarization in thermal poling. When using 3KV, the optimum poling duration is about 16 minutes and the best temperature for thermal poling is around 190°C. Keywords: electro-optic effect, poled fiber, thermal poling, real time test system, fiber optic interferometer

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 321-324)
• Pages: 453-459
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.321-324.453
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Jian He, Zhe Chen, Yun Han Luo
• Keywords: Electro-Optic Effect, Fiber Optic Interferometer, Poled Fiber, Real Time Test System, Thermal Poling

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