Title :
Bragg grating fast tunable filter
Author :
Iocco, A. ; Limberger, Hans G. ; Salathe, R.P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Opt., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne
fDate :
12/4/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A fast tunable optical filter based on Bragg grating compression is realised using a piezoelectric stack actuator. A setting time of <2 ms over a 15 nm tuning range has been achieved. Tuning does not affect the reflectivity, shape or bandwidth of the central Bragg wavelength peak
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre filters; refractive index; tuning; Bragg grating compression; Bragg grating filter; fast tunable filter; fibre optic filter; piezoelectric stack actuator; tunable optical filter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971466
