Chairs
Jay Simpson, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Robert Lieberman, Physical Optics
Robert Sadowski, Stanford University
T.F. Morse, Brown University
Symposium Support
AT&T Bell Laboratories
*Invited Paper
SESSION R1: PHOTOSENSITIVITY AND REFRACTIVE INDEX
MODIFICATION IN OPTICAL FIBER
Chair: Robert Sadowski
Monday Morning, April 8
Russian Hill Ballroom
8:30 A.M. *R1.1
MATERIALS ISSUES FOR UV-INDUCED FIBER GRATINGS, Turan Erdogan,
University of Rochester, The Institute of Optics, Rochester, NY.
9:00 A.M. R1.2
INDEX STRUCTURE OF FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS STUDIED BY HYDROGEN REACTION,
Tsung-Ein Tsai, Glen M. Williams and E. Joseph Friebel, Naval Research
Laboratory, Washington DC.
9:15 A.M. R1.3
ENHANCEMENT OF PHOTOSENSITIVITY IN RARE EARTH DOPED ALUMINOSILICATE FIBERS
THROUGH HIGH PRESSURE HYDROGEN LOADING, Eric Delevaque, France Telecom
CNET, Lannion, France; Thierry Taunay, Pascal Bernage, Marc Douay, W.X. Xie,
Gilbert Martinelli, Pierre Niay, Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire et
Photonique, Villeneuve d'ascq, France; and Jean Francois Bayon, France Telecom
CNET, Lannion, France.
9:30 A.M. R1.4
PROCESS AND MATERIALS FOR PHASE MASKS DEVOTED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL
FIBER GRATINGS, Livio Cognolato, Laura Boschis and Oriana Rossotto,
CSELT, Optical Technologies, Torino, Italy.
9:45 A.M. R1.5
FIBRE GRATING BASED DEVICES USING CIRCULATORS, Eric Delevaque, Michel
Monerie, Hubert Poignant, Loïc Rivollan, Lionel Quetel, France
Télécom CNET, CNET/LAB/RIO/TSO, Lannion, France.
10:00 A.M. BREAK
10:15 A.M. R1.6
PHOTO-DARKENING AND PHOTO-BLEACHING ASSOCIATED WITH FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS
OPERATED NEAR 800nm, Charles G. Askins, Martin A. Putnam, Naval Research
Laboratory, Washington, DC; Glen M. Williams, Virginia Polytechnical Institute,
Blacksburg, VA; and Edward J. Friebele, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington,
DC.
10:45 A.M. R1.7
CORRELATION BETWEEN LARGE PHOTOINDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES AND BLEACHING
OF VUV ABSORPTION BANDS IN ION-IRRADIATED FUSED SILICA,
M. Verhaegen, J.L. Brebner, Université de Montréal,
Physics Department, Montréal, Canada; and J. Albert, Communications
Reserach Center, Ottawa, Canada.
11:00 A.M. R1.8
ION-IMPLANTED CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES IN PECVD-GROWN SILICA FOR UV-INDUCED GRATINGS,
Patrick Leech, Telstra Research Laboratories, Optoelectronics Section,
Victoria, Australia; Mike Bazylenko, University of New South Wales, Department
of Electrical Engineering, Sydney, Australia; and Mark Ridgway, Australian
National University, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Canberra,
Australia.
11:15 A.M. R1.9
PHOTOSENSITIVITY OF ZBLAN FLUORIDE GLASS, Glen M. Williams, Naval
Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division, Washington, DC and Virginia
Tech, Department of Electrical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA; Celia I.
Merzbacher, Naval Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division, Washington,
DC; Tsung-Ein Tsai, Naval Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division,
Washington, DC and Virginia Tech, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Blacksburg, VA; David L. Griscom and E. Joseph Friebele, Naval Research
Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division, Washington, DC.
11:30 A.M. *R1.10
POLING OF OPTICAL FIBER MATERIALS, S.R.J. Brueck, University of New
Mexico, Center for High Technology Materials, Albuquerque, NM.
SESSION R2: FIBER SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
Chair: Robert Lieberman
Monday Afternoon, April 8
Russian Hill Ballroom
1:30 P.M. *R2.1
THE EXTRAORDINARY STRUCTURAL SENSOR VERSATILITY OF FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS,
Raymond M. Measures, University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace
Studies, Downsview, Canada.
2:00 P.M. R2.2
THERMO-OPTIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRE FIBER MATERIAL FOR ITS
TEMPERATURE SENSOR APPLICATION, Zhihai Wang, Luxtron Corporation,
Sunnyvale, CA; and Bill Kolbeck, Luxtron Corporation, Santa Clara, CA.
2:15 P.M. *R2.3
SOL-GEL GLASSES FOR CHEMICAL SENSING, Ed Mendoca, Queens College,
Deparatment of Chemistry, Flushing, NY.
2:45 P.M. R2.4
FIBER LASER INTRA-CAVITY SPECTROSCOPY (FLICS), T.F. Morse, Juan
Hernandez-Cordero and Eric Wetjen, Brown University, Laboratory for Lightwave
Technology, Providence, RI.
3:00 P.M. BREAK
SESSION R3: FIBER MATERIAL PROCESSING
Chair: Theodore Morse
3:30 P.M. R3.1
GEL-DERIVED CDS-DOPED GLASSES AND THEIR OPTICAL PROPERTIES, Yu-Hua Kao
and John D. Mackenzie, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
3:45 P.M. R3.2
AEROSOL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES, Chih-Hung
Wei and T. Morse, Brown University, Engineering Department, Providence,
RI.
4:00 P.M. R3.3
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF DISPERSION COMPENSATING FIBER WITH HIGH FIGURE OF
MERIT, LOW PMD AND LOW INSERTION LOSS, Lars Grüner-Nielson, Lycom,
Brøndby, Denmark; David W. Peckham, AT&T Bell Laboratories,
Norcross, GA; Sandra G. Kosinski, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ;
and Anders Bjarklev, Electromagnetic Institute, Technical University of
Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
4:15 P.M. R3.4
ON THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF REGULAR INHOMOGENEITIES IN METAL COATINGS, DEPOSITED
ON OPTICAL FIBERE BY FREEZING FROM THE MELT TECHNIQUE, Vladimir
Alexseevich, Alexander Sergeevich and Alexander Georgievich General Physics
Institute, Fiber Optic Research Center, Moscow, Russia.
4:30 P.M. *R3.5
NEW APPLICATIONS OF PLASMACHEMICAL GLASS DEPOSITION IN FIBER PREFORM
TECHNOLOGY, Konstantin Golant, Eugene M. Dianov, Rostislav R. Khrapko,
Alexander Tomashuk, General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, Department of Fiber Optics Research, Moscow, Russia.
SESSION R4: NOVEL MATERIALS FOR
FIBER DEVICES AND RELIABILITY ISSUES
Chair: Jay Simpson
Tuesday Morning, April 9
Russian Hill Ballroom
8:30 A.M. R4.1
PROPOSED ROLE OF STRONG UV TRANSITIONS IN THE ENHANCED NONLINEARITY OF DOPED
FIBERS, R.W. Sadowski, M.J.F. Digonnet, H.J. Shaw and R.H. Pantell,
Stanford University, Ginzton Laboratories, Stanford, CA.
8:45 A.M. R4.2
ENHANCED OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF Tm3+ IN F CO-DOPED LEAD GERMANATE
GLASSES FOR FIBER DEVICE APPLICATION, J. Wang, The University,
Optoelectronics Research Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; J. Hector, The
University, Department of Physics, Southampton, United Kingdom; W.S.
Brocklesby, D.J. Brinck and D.N. Payne, The University, Optoelectronics
Research Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom.
9:00 A.M. R4.3
HOST-DEPENDENT OPTICAL TRANSITIONS OF Er3+ IONS IN
LEAD-TELLURIUM-GERMANATE GLASSES, Z. Pan and S.H. Morgan, A. Loper, V.
Jones and A. Ueda, Fisk University, Physics Department, Nashville, TN.
9:15 A.M. R4.4
THERMAL AND OPTICAL BEHAVIOR OF PR3+ DOPED SULFIDE GLASSES AND THE
CONSEQUENCES FOR FIBER DRAWING, J. Kobelke, J.Kirchhoof, M. Scheffler
and A. Schwuchow, Institut für Physikalische Hochtechnologie, Department
of Modern Optik, Jena, Germany.
9:30 A.M. R4.5
CW FREQUENCY UPCONVERSION IN Er 3+ DOPED FLUOROINDATE GLASSES,
Cid B. de Araújo, L.S. Menezes, G.S. Maciel, L.H. Acioli, A.S.L.
Gomes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Fisica, Recife,
Brazil; Y. Messaddeq and M.A. Aegerter, Universidade de Sáo Paulo,
Brazil.
9:45 A.M. R4.6
NEW FLUOROINDATE GLASS COMPOSITIONS, A. Akella, E. Downing and L.
Hesselink, Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford,
CA.
10:00 A.M. BREAK
10:30 A.M. R4.7
PREPARATION OF BETA-BARIUM BORATE (ß-BaB2O4) THIN FILMS FOR NONLINEAR
OPTICAL DEVICES APPLICATION, H.B. Liao, R.F. Xiao, P. Yu and G.K.L.
Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics,
Kowloon, Hong Kong.
10:45 A.M. R4.8
FABRICATION OF PEROVSKITE CERAMIC FIBERS USING SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGY, R. Meyer
Jr., J. Witham, S. Yoshikawa and T. Shrout, Pennsylvania State University,
Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA.
11:00 A.M. R4.9
NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS ON DISPERSE SILICA SURFACE, Yu.D. Glinka,
Institute of Surface Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Kiev, Ukraine.
11:15 A.M. R4.10
RADIATION TESTING OF RUSSIAN QUARTZ IMAGE GUIDES, Dmitry V. Pavlov and Yuri
A. Tarabrin, Institute of Nuclear Reactors at Russian Research Centre,
"Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia.
11:30 A.M. R4.11
GAMMA-RAY INDUCED TRANSMISSION LOSS OF THICK QUARTZ FIBEROPTICS, Bekhzad S.
Yuldashev, Eldar M. Gasanov, Elvira M. Ibragimova, Uzbek Academy of
Science, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Muhsin Kh. Ashurov
and Igor R. Rustamov, Sci. Ind. Ass. "Phonon," Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
11:45 A.M. R4.12
NEW PHOTOCHROMIC AND THERMOCHROMIC POLYMER FILM MATERIALS, P.P.
Kisilitsa, I. Ya. Kasparova, L.N. Rakitina and V.N. Bochenkov, State
Scientific Centre "NIOPIK", Moscow, Russia.
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