Title :
Temperature tuning of dispersion in a photonic band gap fiber
Author :
Bise, R.T. ; Jasapara, J. ; Steinvurzel, P. ; DiGiovanni, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Fiber Solutions, Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Photonic band gap (PBG) fibers consist of a regular array of alternating dielectric material and guide light within a central defect region by a coherent Bragg scattering mechanism. The unique waveguiding mechanism of PBG fibers allows one the possibility to guide light within a low index core such as air or vacuum, potentially providing a route towards high power transmission. In this work, the group delay in a tunable PBG fiber is measured across a photonic band gap as a function of temperature. The group delay is found to track the shifts in the bandgap as the temperature is tuned, providing a means for tunable dispersion compensation.
Keywords :
delays; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; photonic band gap; thermo-optical effects; 22 C; 50 C; 635 nm; air hole triangular lattice; alternating dielectric material; central defect region; coherent Bragg scattering mechanism; dispersion; group delay; guide light; low index core; microstructured fiber; photonic band gap fiber; regular array; temperature tuning; tunable PBG fiber; tunable dispersion compensation; Delay; Laser tuning; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optimized production technology; Photonic band gap; Pulse amplifiers; Quantum well lasers; Solitons; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034388
