• DocumentCode
    1128377
  • Title

    Programmable fiber optic delay line

  • Author

    Ball, Gary A. ; Glenn, W.H. ; Morey, W.W.

  • Author_Institution
    United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    741
  • Lastpage
    743
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a novel programmable delay line that generates up to 50 ns of true time-delay in discrete 10 ns intervals. The delay line consists of an externally modulated wavelength tunable fiber laser and a six-element wavelength multiplexed fiber Bragg grating array, with the grating spacing set to yield the desired delay.<>
  • Keywords
    delay lines; diffraction gratings; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical fibres; optical modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 ns; 50 ns; externally modulated wavelength tunable fiber laser; programmable fiber optic delay line; six-element wavelength multiplexed fiber Bragg grating array; time-delay; Delay lines; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Laser excitation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.300180
  • Filename
    300180