• DocumentCode
    1820664
  • Title

    Distinctive behaviour of long-period gratings in amplifying waveguides

  • Author

    Kulishov, Mykola ; Daxhelet, Xavier ; Grubsky, Victor ; Schwartz, Justin ; Plant, David V.

  • Author_Institution
    Adtek Photomask Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We describe a tuneable filter based on a long-period grating written in Er+3-doped core fiber. Integration of filtering and amplifying properties results in qualitatively new operational behaviour, that otherwise is impossible to realize using conventional gratings.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre filters; amplifying waveguide; diffraction grating; fiber optic component; filtering property; long-period grating; tuneable filter; Attenuation; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber gratings; Filtering; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical fiber filters; Optical waveguides; Propagation constant; Propagation losses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192598
  • Filename
    1498257