• DocumentCode
    378472
  • Title

    Contribution of the transverse asymmetry of the index change to the birefringence of fiber Bragg gratings: a numerical calculation

  • Author

    Dossou, K. ; LaRochelle, S. ; Fontaine, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Laval Univ., Que., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    390
  • Abstract
    The birefringence resulting from the index change asymmetry is calculated, using a finite element method, as a function of the absorption coefficient and transverse profiles. Spectral responses are determined by a transfer matrix approach.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; birefringence; finite element analysis; light absorption; matrix algebra; spectral analysis; absorption coefficient; birefringence; fiber Bragg gratings; finite element method; index change; spectral responses; transfer matrix; transverse asymmetry; Absorption; Birefringence; Bit rate; Delay; Finite element methods; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Writing;
  • 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.2001.989680
  • Filename
    989680