Fiber grating devices for WDM systems

Author

Strasser, Thomas A.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1995

Firstpage

287

Abstract

Summary form only given. The impact of fiber gratings on communications systems has been projected for some time, and now in the last year they have been utilized as enabling components in several system experiments. The range and functionality of components continues to increase, with a significant number of these components ideal for WDM system applications. I will review fiber grating-based WDM-system components, with detail of the fiber grating properties which make these devices attractive options for future systems. Devices included will be source lasers, pump lasers, demultiplexers, add-drop filters, and gain flattening filters

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; add-drop filters; communications systems; demultiplexers; fiber grating devices; fiber grating-based WDM-system components; functionality; gain flattening filters; pump lasers; source lasers; system experiments; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2450-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1995.484706

Filename

484706