Showing papers by "Amr Radi published in 2002"
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of temperature on the optical fiber parameters of both the cladding (pure SiO2) and the core (GeO2-doped SiO 2) was investigated.
Abstract: Multiple-beam white light interference fringes across a GRIN optical fibre immersed in a liquid wedge interferometer placed in front of a grating spectrograph are produced. They are used to investigate the effect of temperature on the optical fibre parameters of both the cladding (pure SiO2) and the core (GeO2-doped SiO2). A two-term Sellmeier dispersion relation is adopted and fitted to the experimental refractive index data. Then a temperature-dependent Sellmeier formula is deduced to study the effect of temperature on the refractive index of the fibre and its dispersion in addition to all of its optical parameters. These parameters are the average energy gap, the variation of the thermo-optic coefficient with photon energy, the refractive index difference, the numerical aperture, the normalized frequency (V-number), the number of modes, the material dispersion and the zero-dispersion wavelength.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of gamma radiation, with different doses from 0.01 to 1 MGy, on the optical parameters of both the cladding (pure silica) and the core (germanium-doped silica), of an irradiated GRIN fiber was investigated.
Abstract: Multiple-beam white-light interference fringes across an irradiated GRIN fibre, of length 2 cm and immersed in a liquid wedge interferometer that is followed by a grating spectrograph, are produced. These fringes are used to investigate the effect of gamma radiation, with different doses from 0.01 to 1 MGy, on the optical parameters of both the cladding (pure silica) and the core (germanium-doped silica) of the GRIN fibre. Optical parameters such as refractive index, refractive index difference, numerical aperture, V-number, index profile, chromatic dispersion and zero-dispersion wavelength are determined and studied. A two-term Sellmeier dispersion relation is adopted and fitted to the experimental data of the refractive index. Then, a dose-dependent Sellmeier formula is deduced to represent the effect of gamma radiation on different optical parameters.
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