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Publicações por Gaspar Rego

2016

Etched LPFGs in Reflective Configuration for Sensitivity and Attenuation Band Depth Increase

Autores
Del Villar, I; Socorro, AB; Corres, JM; Matias, IR; Luis Cruz, JL; Rego, G;

Publicação
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Abstract
A reflection configuration setup for long-period fiber gratings is presented. It permits to obtain a unique band with attenuation double than that obtained in transmission configuration, which is interesting for applications where this value is reduced (e. g., the mode transition phenomenon). The method is based on the deposition of a silver mirror at the end of the optical fiber, which permits to absorb the power transmitted through cladding modes and to avoid the generation of interferometric bands. The method also solves the requirement of a precise cleave or to polish the end of the grating, a drawback present in other publications. The versatility of the setup has been proved by application of the cladding etching technique until the attenuation band corresponding with the first guided mode in the cladding is visualized in an optical spectrum analyzer. The experimental results are supported by the numerical data obtained with a method based on the exact calculation of core and cladding modes and the utilization of coupled mode theory.

2021

Arc-Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings at INESC TEC. Part I: Fabrication, Characterization and Mechanisms of Formation

Autores
Rego, G; Caldas, P; Ivanov, OV;

Publicação
SENSORS

Abstract
In this work, we reviewed the most important achievements of INESC TEC related to the fabrication of long-period fiber gratings using the electric arc technique. We focused on the fabrication setup, the type of fiber used, and the effect of the fabrication parameters on the gratings' transmission spectra. The theory was presented, as well as a discussion on the mechanisms responsible for the formation of the gratings, supported by the measurement of the temperature reached by the fiber during an electric arc discharge.

2021

Arc-Induced Long-Period Fiber Gratings at INESC TEC. Part II: Properties and Applications in Optical Communications and Sensing

Autores
Rego, G; Caldas, P; Ivanov, OV;

Publicação
SENSORS

Abstract
In this work, we review the most important achievements of INESC TEC related to the properties and applications of arc-induced long-period fiber gratings. The polarization dependence loss, the spectral behavior at temperatures ranging from cryogenic up to 1200 degrees C and under exposure to ultraviolet and gamma radiation is described. The dependence of gratings sensitivity on the fabrication parameters is discussed. Several applications in optical communications and sensing domains are referred.

2021

Simulation of the Transmission Spectrum of Long-Period Fiber Gratings Structures with a Propagating Acoustic Shock Front

Autores
Ivanov, OV; Caldas, P; Rego, G;

Publicação
SENSORS

Abstract
In this paper, we investigate modification of transmission spectra of long-period fiber grating structures with an acoustic shock front propagating along the fiber. We simulate transmission through inhomogeneous long-period fiber gratings, pi-shift and reflective pi-shift gratings deformed by an acoustic shock front. Coupled mode equations describing interaction of co-propagating modes in a long-period fiber grating structures with inhomogeneous deformation are used for the simulation. Two types of apodization are considered for the grating modulation amplitude, such as uniform and raised-cosine. We demonstrate how the transmission spectrum is produced by interference between the core and cladding modes coupled at several parts of the gratings having different periods. For the pi-shift long-period fiber grating having split spectral notch, the gap between the two dips becomes several times wider in the grating with the acoustic wave front than the gap in the unstrained grating. The behavior of reflective long-period fiber gratings depends on the magnitude of the phase shift near the reflective surface: an additional dip is formed in the 0-shift grating and the short-wavelength dip disappears in the pi-shift grating.

2021

Optical Fiber Interferometers Based on Arc-Induced Long Period Gratings at INESC TEC

Autores
Caldas, P; Rego, G;

Publicação
SENSORS

Abstract
In this work, we review the most important achievements of an INESC TEC long-period-grating-based fiber optic Michelson and Mach-Zehnder configuration modal interferometer with coherence addressing and heterodyne interrogation as a sensing structure for measuring environmental refractive index and temperature. The theory for Long Period Grating (LPG) interferometers and coherence addressing and heterodyne interrogation is presented. To increase the sensitivity to external refractive index and temperature, several LPG interferometers parameters are studied, including order of cladding mode, a reduction of the fiber diameter, different type of fiber, cavity length and the antisymmetric nature of cladding modes.

2008

Simultaneous measurement of temperature and strain based on arc-induced long-period fiber gratings. A case study

Autores
Rego, G;

Publicação
MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Abstract
We present a potential sensor head for the simultaneous measurement of temperature and strain based on the concatenation of two long-period fiber gratings arc-induced in different fibers. Despite being the temperature and strain sensitivities of the individual gratings well defined, we demonstrate that the sensor cannot perform the simultaneous measurement of those physical parameters. This fact, results from the uncertainty in finding the determinant of the inverse matrix. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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