Title :
Distinctive behaviour of long-period gratings in amplifying waveguides
Author :
Kulishov, Mykola ; Daxhelet, Xavier ; Grubsky, Victor ; Schwartz, Justin ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Adtek Photomask Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We describe a tuneable filter based on a long-period grating written in Er+3-doped core fiber. Integration of filtering and amplifying properties results in qualitatively new operational behaviour, that otherwise is impossible to realize using conventional gratings.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; amplifying waveguide; diffraction grating; fiber optic component; filtering property; long-period grating; tuneable filter; Attenuation; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber gratings; Filtering; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical fiber filters; Optical waveguides; Propagation constant; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192598
