Title :
Applications of Superstructured Fibre Bragg gratings in optical switching devices
Author :
Petropoulos, Periklis ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Ng, Trina T. ; Ibsen, Morten ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
The paper will review some application examples of optical processing systems that combine superstructured fibre Bragg gratings (SSFBG) technology with highly nonlinear fibre (HNLF)-based switches.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical switches; SSFBG; highly nonlinear fibre-based switches; optical switching; superstructured fibre Bragg gratings; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; cross-phase modulation; fibre Bragg gratings; optical communications; optical processing; pulse shaping;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2625-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2626-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598394
