Title :
Dispersive properties of planar polymer Bragg gratings
Author :
Eldada, Louay ; Amin, Jaymin ; Sharps, Robert W.
Author_Institution :
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ, USA
fDate :
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report on the first dispersion study performed on planar Bragg gratings for WDM systems. The gratings are produced in low-loss single-mode polymeric waveguides and have a remarkable amplitude response (reflectivity >99.99%, suppressed out-of-band features). The phase response study shows that the dispersion that they introduce in a system (<100 ps/nm) is lower than that typical of fiber Bragg gratings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; amplitude response; dispersion study; low-loss single-mode polymeric waveguides; optical waveguide filters; phase response study; planar polymer Bragg grating dispersion; reflectivity; suppressed out-of-band features; Bragg gratings; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Phase distortion; Polymers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
