Title :
Recent progress in research on optical fiber grating couplers
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Japan
fDate :
29 June-3 July 2003
Abstract :
Recent progress in research on optical fiber grating couplers (FGCs) is reviewed. Furthermore, applications of FGCs, such as an ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) noise reduction filter, a gain monitor, an add-drop multiplexer and an all-optical switcher, are also presented.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; interference suppression; laser noise; optical fibre couplers; photonic switching systems; reviews; wavelength division multiplexing; ASE noise reduction filter; Bragg grating; WDM; add-drop multiplexer; all-optical switcher; amplified spontaneous emission noise reduction filter; gain monitor; optical couplers; optical demultiplexing; optical fiber couplers; optical fiber grating couplers; optical multiplexing; wavelength selectivity; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Noise reduction; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2003. Proceedings of 2003 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7816-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2003.1263146
