Title :
A chirped fiber Bragg grating with ripple free group delay and its application in laser ranging
Author :
Piracha, Mohammad Umar ; Nguyen, Dat ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The group delay ripple (<; +/-50ps) of a chirped fiber Bragg grating (dispersion = 1651ps/nm) is removed by spectral phase modulation to achieve twofold improvement in the range resolution (~320μm) of a chirped pulse lidar.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; laser ranging; optical fibres; optical radar; chirped fiber Bragg grating; chirped pulse lidar; laser ranging; ripple free group delay; spectral phase modulation; time 50 ps; Chirp; Delay; Fiber gratings; Optical fibers; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
