Wavelength tuning of fiber Bragg gratings over 90 nm using a simple tuning package

Author

Goh, Chee S. ; Mokhtar, M.R. ; Butler, S.A. ; Set, Sze Y. ; Kikuchi, Kazuro ; Ibsen, Morten

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

557

Lastpage

559

Abstract

We demonstrate a silica-based tunable fiber Bragg grating filter with a wavelength tuning range over 90 nm. A bend-tuning technique in a simple tuning package is employed to obtain a wide wavelength tuning range from 1634 to 1544 nm, covering the entire L-band and a half of the C-band. The polarization-mode dispersion and polarization-dependent loss of the device show little variations over the whole operating region.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; packaging; wavelength division multiplexing; 1634 to 1544 nm; C-band; SiO/sub 2/; band; bend-tuning technique; fiber Bragg gratings; operating region; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; silica-based tunable fiber Bragg grating filter; tuning package; wavelength tuning; wavelength tuning range; wide wavelength tuning range; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical tuning; Packaging; Polarization mode dispersion; Tensile strain; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809300

Filename

1190202