Narrow Tunable Polysilane Optical Waveguide Bragg Grating Filters

Author

Kobayashi, Soichi ; Sawada, Masayuki ; Suda, Toshihiro ; Ogura, K. ; Tsushima, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Photonics Syst. Technol., Chitose Inst. of Sci. & Technol.

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

2007

fDate

3/15/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

363

Lastpage

365

Abstract

A new Bragg grating filter (BGF) in a polysilane waveguide has been fabricated by a two-beam interferometric photobleaching method using a He-Cd laser. A narrow reflected bandwidth of 0.4 nm was measured using a 1.55-mum light-emitting diode. The temperature dependence of the BGF was measured as 0.096 nm/degC with temperature control over a range between 30 degC and 70 degC and exhibited a good coincidence with the theoretical values

Keywords

Bragg gratings; integrated optics; light interferometry; light reflection; optical fabrication; optical filters; optical polymers; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; spectral line narrowing; thermo-optical devices; 1.55 mum; 30 to 70 degC; Bragg grating filters; He-Cd; He-Cd laser; light-emitting diode; narrow reflected bandwidth; narrow tunable filters; optical waveguide; polysilane waveguide; temperature control; two-beam interferometric photobleaching; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Laser theory; Light emitting diodes; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Photobleaching; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers; Bragg grating filter (BGF); polysilane waveguide; two-beam interferometric photobleaching method;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.891658

Filename

4116761