Observing the viscous relaxation process of silica optical fiber at ~1000 °c using regenerated fiber bragg grating

Zhiru Cui, Jianhui Gong, Chen Wang, Nana Che, Yanshuang Zhao, Quan Chai, Haifeng Qi, Elfed Lewis, Jing Ren, Jianzhong Zhang, Jun Yang, Libo Yuan, Gang Ding Peng

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Abstract

A regenerated fiber Bragg grating (RFBG) in silica fiber was used to observe the viscous relaxation process of the host silica fiber at high temperatures of around 1000 °C. Two factors, preannealing time and loaded tension, which affect viscous relaxation, were observed. When an RFBG is stretched after a longer preannealing, the measured viscosity of the optical fiber was observed to reach equilibrium faster, which means that preannealing accelerates viscous relaxation. A similar acceleration phenomenon was also observed when a larger load was applied to stretch the optical fiber, although the acceleration effect of loaded tension was not as strong as in the preannealing case. The results play an active role in establishing effective optical-fiber devices for application in high-temperature environments.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2293
JournalSensors
Volume19
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 May 2019

Keywords

  • Optical fiber
  • Regenerated fiber Bragg grating
  • Viscosity
  • Viscous relaxation

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