Title :
Optimised C-Band Gain Flattening Filter Based on Slanted Bragg Grating Technology
Author :
De Barros, Carlos ; Riant, Isabelle ; Lopez, Thierry ; Deodati, Sylvain ; Sachot, Olivier ; Leclere, Christelle
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new filter based on slanted Bragg grating (SBG) technology to flatten the gain of erbium doped fibre amplifier. 0.22 dB gain excursion with below ~30 dB of in-band back-reflection and below 0.05 dB of polarisation dependent loss have been obtained over 36 nm
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; 0.22 dB; SBG technology; erbium doped fibre amplifier; in-band back-reflection; optimised C-band gain flattening filter; polarisation dependent loss; slanted Bragg grating technology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
