Title :
Applications of optical fiber grating couplers
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi, Japan
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Two proposals for applications of optical fiber grating couplers (FGCs) in optical networks are described. One is an EDFA gain monitoring method by ASE level detection using FGCs and another is all-optical switching using Kerr nonlinearity in FGCs.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; superradiance; ASE level detection; EDFA gain monitoring; Kerr nonlinearity; all-optical switching; optical fiber grating couplers; optical networks; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Monitoring; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 4th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7375-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2002.1009502
