Fiber apparatus having improved grating fabrication and performance characteristics

• Main Authors: DIGIOVANNI DAVID JOHN, WESTBROOK PAUL STEPHEN, OH KYUNGHWAN, REED WILLIAM ALFRED, WINDELER ROBERT SCOTT, ATKINS ROBERT MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.11.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; GLASS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS

Embodiments of the invention include a singlemode optical fiber having an antimony (Sb) doped core region, a suitable cladding region formed on the core region, and one or more gratings written in the optical fiber. Optical fibers manufactured according to embodiments of the invention provide faster...