Title : 
Experimental all-fiber single-device second-order temporal differentiator
         
        
            Author : 
Rivas, L.M. ; Yongwoo Park ; Azana, Jose ; Boudreau, Sylvain ; LaRochelle, Sophie ; Carballar, A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sci. (INRS-EMT), Inst. Nat. de la Rech., Montreal, QC
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We experimentally demonstrate an all-fiber single-device second-order temporal differentiator based on a specially apodized linearly-chirped Fiber Bragg Grating working in transmission. Arbitrary signals with bandwidth up to 2 nm can be accurately and efficiently processed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Bragg gratings; differentiating circuits; optical fibres; all-fiber single-device second-order temporal differentiator; apodized linearly-chirped fiber Bragg grating; transmission; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Nonlinear filters; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Signal processing; All-fiber; Bragg Grating; temporal differentiation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Acapulco
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1931-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1932-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688893