Title :
Temperature insensitive operation of widely tunable hollow waveguide grating
Author :
Sakurai, Yasuki ; Yokota, Yasushi ; Matsutani, Aldhiro ; Koyama, Fnmio
Author_Institution :
Microsystem Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate the widely tunable operation and low temperature dependence of a hollow waveguide grating for the first time. The obtained tuning range and temperature sensitivity of the grating filter wavelength is 10 nm and less than 0.016 nm/K, respectively.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; distributed Bragg reflectors; optical planar waveguides; optical tuning; optical waveguide filters; grating filter wavelength; hollow waveguide grating; temperature insensitivity; widely tunable operation; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Gratings; Hollow waveguides; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Propagation constant; Temperature dependence; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192521
