Automatic and accurate low cost high frequency characterisation technique of chirped fibre Bragg gratings

Author

Mora, J. ; Ortega, B. ; Cruz, J.L. ; Pastor, D. ; Capmany, J. ; Andrés, M.V. ; Sales, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Fisica Aplicada, Valencia Univ., Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

498

Abstract

We demonstrate a high frequency low cost technique for characterising the reflectivity and time delay spectral response of chirped fibre Bragg gratings. Wavelength resolution of 0.06 nm, time delay accuracy below 1 ps, automatic and non-interferometric measurement are their main advantages. The technique does not need expensive tunable laser systems, is not based on optical interferometry and can be automatised in a production line.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; automatic testing; characteristics measurement; delays; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical testing; optical variables measurement; reflectivity; 0.3 to 2 GHz; automatic measurement; characteristics measurement; chirped fibre Bragg gratings; noninterferometric measurement; reflectivity spectral response; time delay spectral response; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Costs; Delay effects; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Reflectivity; Time measurement; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989075

Filename

989075