Opto-elastic constant in single mode optical fibers

Abstract

The dependence of the photo-elastic (or opto-elastic) constant upon the relative refractive index difference, the normalized frequency, and the wavelength for single-mode optical fibers has been investigated. From experimental results, it is found that the opto-elastic constant strongly depends upon wavelength, but not upon the relative refractive index difference or normalized frequency. The measured values of the opto-elastic constant at 1.30 and 1.50 μm are <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">(3.17 \pm 0.03) \times 10^{-5}</tex> (mm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /kg) and <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">(3.08 \pm 0.02) \times 10^{-5}</tex> (mm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /kg), respectively.