Title :
Tunable dispersion compensator based on a fiber Bragg grating written in a tapered fiber
Author :
Mora, José ; Díez, Antonio ; Andrés, Miguel V. ; Fonjallaz, Pierre-Yves ; Popov, Mikhail
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica Aplicada-ICMUV, Univ. de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
Abstract :
We report a novel dispersion tunable device for first-order dispersion compensation. It is based on a fiber Bragg grating written in a tapered fiber with a specific profile. The taper profile allows tuning the dispersion of the grating by stretching the fiber while the linearity of the group delay is preserved. A device with 0.8 nm of useful bandwidth and dispersion value tunable over more than 400 ps/nm is reported.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; compensation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical tuning; fiber Bragg grating; fiber stretching; group delay; tapered fiber; tunable dispersion compensator; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Delay; Etching; Fiber gratings; Linearity; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber communication; optical fiber devices; optical fiber dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.836762
