Photonics and Optical Sensors Research Laboratory (PhOSLab), Cyprus University of Technology, Saripolou 33, Limassol 3036, Cyprus.
Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Fernando Ferrari Avenue, Vitoria 29075-910, Brazil.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Dec 15;21(24):8379. doi: 10.3390/s21248379.
This work presents an extensive, comparative study of the gamma and electron radiation effects on the behaviour of femtosecond laser-inscribed fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) using the point-by-point and plane-by-plane inscription methods. The FBGs were inscribed in standard telecommunication single mode silica fibre (SMF28) and exposed to a total accumulated radiation dose of 15 kGy for both gamma and electron radiation. The gratings' spectra were measured and analysed before and after the exposure to radiation, with complementary material characterisation using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Changes in the response of the FBGs' temperature coefficients were analysed on exposure to the different types of radiation, and we consider which of the two inscription methods result in gratings that are more robust in such harsh environments. Moreover, we used the FTIR spectroscopy to locate which chemical bonds are responsible for the changes on temperature coefficients and which are related with the optical characteristics of the FBGs.
本工作对使用逐点和逐面写入方法的飞秒激光写入光纤布拉格光栅(FBG)的伽马和电子辐射效应进行了广泛的比较研究。FBG 被写入标准的电信单模二氧化硅光纤(SMF28)中,并分别承受 15 kGy 的伽马和电子辐射总累积剂量。在暴露于辐射之前和之后,使用傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱对光栅的光谱进行了测量和分析。分析了在不同类型的辐射下 FBG 温度系数响应的变化,并考虑了两种写入方法中哪一种导致在这种恶劣环境下更稳定的光栅。此外,我们使用 FTIR 光谱来确定哪些化学键负责温度系数的变化,以及哪些与 FBG 的光学特性有关。