Title :
Tunable chirping of a fibre Bragg grating using a tapered cantilever beam
Author :
Le Blanc, M. ; Huang, Shell Ying ; Measures, R.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Aerosp. Studies, Toronto Univ., Ont.
fDate :
12/8/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Continuously adjustable chirp of an optical fibre Bragg grating was produced by straining the fibre using a cantilever beam of nonuniform cross-section. A uniform shift in wavelength is also produced which can be eliminated by temperature control
Keywords :
compensation; deformation; diffraction gratings; optical fibre dispersion; tuning; continuously adjustable chirp; dispersion compensation; fibre Bragg grating; fibre straining; nonuniform cross-section; optical fibre Bragg grating; tapered cantilever beam; temperature control; tunable chirping; uniform wavelength shift;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941476
