Lightwave applications of fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Giles, C.R.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

8

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1391

Lastpage

1404

Abstract

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have emerged as important components in a variety of lightwave applications. Their unique filtering properties and versatility as in-fiber devices is illustrated by their use in wavelength-stabilized lasers, fiber lasers, remotely pump amplifiers. Raman amplifiers, phase conjugators, wavelength converters, passive optical networks, wavelength division multiplexers (WDMs) demultiplexers, add/drop multiplexers, dispersion compensators, and gain equalizers

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; equalisers; fibre lasers; laser frequency stability; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; optical fibres; optical pumping; wavelength division multiplexing; Raman amplifiers; WDMs; add/drop multiplexers; demultiplexers; dispersion compensators; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber lasers; gain equalizers; in-fiber devices; lightwave applications; optical equalisers; optical fibre filters; passive optical networks; phase conjugators; remotely pump amplifiers; wavelength converters; wavelength division multiplexers; wavelength-stabilized lasers; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Filtering; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Pump lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.618357

Filename

618357