Central wavelength tunable mechanism for temperature compensated package of fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Tsai, Hsi-Hsun ; Jang, Win-Yann ; Yeh, Fen-Fen

Author_Institution

R&D Div., U-CONN Technol., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

24

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

90

Abstract

The central wavelength of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) must be located in the specified channel band of wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) in optical communication network. Furthermore, the central wavelength also must he stable in the ambient temperature. A temperature compensated fixture Is therefore essential for the application of FBG. By the strength of materials, a theoretical model of the fully temperature compensated fixture can he derived for zero shift of central wavelength of FBG in ambient temperature. Besides, a microtunable mechanism for the pre-pulling force on the FBG is synthesized to adjust the central wavelength to a certain channel band. By this tunable mechanism one can calibrate effectively and efficiently the FBG in mass production of FBG based products

Keywords

Bragg gratings; compensation; optical fibre networks; packaging; wavelength division multiplexing; ambient temperature; central wavelength tunable mechanism; fiber Bragg gratings; microtunable mechanism; optical communication network; pre-pulling force; temperature compensated package; wavelength division multiplexer; Bragg gratings; Fasteners; Fiber gratings; Fixtures; Optical fiber communication; Packaging; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Advanced Packaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-3323

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6040.909630

Filename

909630