@article{e73b37baf60a410d805568a285a2381f,
title = "Excellent Thermal Stability of Optical Fiber Grating Inscribed on Thermosetting Silicone",
abstract = "Optical fiber gratings inscribed on polymer fibers are more versatile compare with those in silica fibers due to the diversity of the polymers. However the present polymer fiber gratings have weak thermostability as they are made on thermoplastic materials. In this work, we have greatly improved their thermostability by developing a novel fiber grating on thermosetting silicone using deep ultraviolet (UV) laser induced refractive index (RI) increment and ablation. The spectra evolutions in high temperatures thermal treatment have been recorded in order to demonstrate the thermal stability. Nano silica particles dopant owing to the high wettability of silicone could further stabilize the grating. The Raman spectra show partial pyrolysis reactions of the silicone grating at high temperature, and the basis for stability.",
keywords = "Fiber gratings, silicone, thermal stability, thermosetting optical fiber",
author = "Bin Zhou and Yilong Zeng and Mao, {Barerem Melgueba} and Gunawardena, {Dinusha Serandi} and Zhengyong Liu and Ho, {Yuk Ting} and Tam, {Hwa Yaw}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received July 17, 2020; revised October 5, 2020; accepted November 3, 2020. Date of publication November 6, 2020; date of current version March 1, 2021. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61307053, in part by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University under Grant 1-ZVGB, in part by Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (PolyU) under Grant 152087/18E, in part by CNERC under Project BBVH, and in part by the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology under Grant 2017B030301007. (Corresponding authors: D. S. Gunawardena; Z. Liu.) Bin Zhou and Yilong Zeng are with the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China (e-mail: zhoubin@m.scnu.edu.cn; yilongzeng2013@163.com). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1983-2012 IEEE.",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/JLT.2020.3036621",
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "1483--1488",
journal = "Journal of Lightwave Technology",
issn = "0733-8724",
publisher = "IEEE",
number = "5",
}