• DocumentCode
    1179653
  • Title

    Optical buffering in phase-shifted fibre gratings

  • Author

    Longhi, S. ; Janner, D. ; Galzerano, G. ; Della Valle, G. ; Gatti, D. ; Laporta, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Fisica, Inst. di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    9/15/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1075
  • Lastpage
    1077
  • Abstract
    Optical buffering of sub-nanosecond pulses at 1.55 μm in fibre Bragg gratings with periodically-spaced π phase shifts is demonstrated. Delays up to ∼690 ps of 250 ps-duration optical pulses have been achieved in a 40 cm-long grating with 100 phase jumps.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; delays; optical communication; optical fibres; 1.55 micron; 250 ps; 40 cm; delays; fibre Bragg gratings; optical buffering; optical communication; optical fibres; periodically-spaced π phase shifts; phase-shifted fibre gratings; sub-nanosecond pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20052638
  • Filename
    1512766