• DocumentCode
    1362118
  • Title

    Dispersive properties of planar polymer Bragg gratings

  • Author

    Eldada, Louay ; Amin, Jaymin ; Sharps, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    819
  • Lastpage
    821
  • Abstract
    We report on the first dispersion study performed on planar Bragg gratings for WDM systems. The gratings are produced in low-loss single-mode polymeric waveguides and have a remarkable amplitude response (reflectivity >99.99%, suppressed out-of-band features). The phase response study shows that the dispersion that they introduce in a system (<100 ps/nm) is lower than that typical of fiber Bragg gratings.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; amplitude response; dispersion study; low-loss single-mode polymeric waveguides; optical waveguide filters; phase response study; planar polymer Bragg grating dispersion; reflectivity; suppressed out-of-band features; Bragg gratings; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Phase distortion; Polymers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.853511
  • Filename
    853511