Title :
Tutorial on fiber gratings in lightwave network applications
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Progress in fabrication methods has yielded optical performance in fiber Bragg gratings having no parallel in conventional filter technology. The ensuing stampede in fiber-grating applications has been difficult to follow as they range over many disciplines, from spectroscopy to sensors, from lasers to lightwave. In particular, the proliferation of lightwave network concepts has promoted sharp interest in the fiber Bragg grating and has led to remarkable advances. The tutorial summarizes the unique optical characteristics of the fiber grating in the context of lightwave systems and illustrates them with a variety of examples
Keywords :
demultiplexing; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; conventional filter technology; fabrication methods; fiber Bragg grating; fiber gratings; fiber-grating applications; lasers; lightwave; lightwave network applications; lightwave systems; optical characteristics; optical performance; sensors; spectroscopy; tutorial; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber sensors; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Spectroscopy; Tutorial;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719697
