DocumentCode
1723079
Title
Applications of optical fiber grating couplers
Author
Sasaki, Yutaka
Author_Institution
Fac. of Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2002
fDate
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
38
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 4th International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7375-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.2002.1009502
Filename
1009502
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