Title :
N-fold symmetric crossed gratings as gain flattening filters
Author :
Lobo, Audrey Elisa ; De Sterke, C. Martijn ; Besley, James A.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultra-High-Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We present N-fold symmetric crossed fiber gratings as devices for gain equalization. The fiber grating parameters are optimized to equalize the gain profile of an erbium doped fiber amplifier to within 0.07 dB.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; N-fold grating; erbium doped fiber amplifier; fiber gratings; gain equalization; gain flattening filters; gain profile; symmetric crossed gratings;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
