Analysis of phase-matching conditions in flexural-wave modulated fiber Bragg grating

Author

Sun, Nai-Hsiang ; Chou, Chih-Cheng ; Chang, Ming-Jen ; Lin, Chih-Nan ; Yang, Chih-Chung ; Kiang, Yean-Woei ; Liu, Wen-Fung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., I-Shou Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Volume

20

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

315

Abstract

Effective refractive indexes of the core mode and various cladding modes of a tapered single-mode step-index fiber were calculated for identifying the cladding modes of phase matching for coupling with the core mode, caused by a prewritten Bragg grating together with an applied flexural wave (microbending) in the tapered region. With these coupling mechanisms, the previously reported reflection wavelength switching could be well interpreted. Between the core mode and a cladding mode, the Bragg grating caused contradirectional coupling and the flexural wave resulted in codirectional coupling of either first- or second-order diffraction. Meanwhile, the period of the acoustic-induced flexural wave was calibrated to be a few hundreds of micrometers. Based on the phase-matching calculations, the relationship between cladding radius and flexural wave period with a chosen wavelength for reflection switching was provided. Such design considerations should be helpful in implementing wavelength switches, based on flexural wave modulation of fiber Bragg grating (FBG), for the applications of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) fiber communications

Keywords

Bragg gratings; acousto-optical switches; elastic waves; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cladding; optical phase matching; refractive index; waveguide discontinuities; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM fiber communications; acoustic-induced flexural wave; cladding mode; cladding modes; contradirectional coupling; core mode; coupling mechanisms; effective refractive indexes; fiber Bragg grating; first-order diffraction; flexural wave period; flexural-wave modulated fiber Bragg grating; microbending; phase-matching conditions; reflection switching; reflection wavelength switching; second-order diffraction; tapered region; tapered single-mode step-index fiber; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength switches; Acoustic diffraction; Acoustic reflection; Bragg gratings; Communication switching; Diffraction gratings; Fiber gratings; Frequency conversion; Phase modulation; Refractive index; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.983246

Filename

983246