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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Jerrold A. Cline, Corning, NY (US);
Glenn E. Kohnke, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A long-period fiber grating includes a fiber having a core surrounded by a cladding, and a plurality of refractive index variations periodically spaced along the longitudinal axis of a portion of the core of the fiber. The fiber is twisted throughout at least a portion of its length that includes the plurality of refractive index variations. By twisting the long-period fiber grating, polarization dependent loss is reduced by as much as 30 percent. Also, the peak wavelength of the light propagating through the long-period fiber grating that is coupled into the cladding of the fiber may be adjusted. The peak wavelength may be adjusted in as little as 0.1 nm increments by twisting the long-period fiber grating after the grating has been written and annealed.