Title :
Polarization dependent loss of slanted Bragg grating based gain flattening filters
Author :
Mugnier, Alain ; Yvernault, Philippe ; Pedrono, Boris ; Brilland, Laurent ; Pureur, David
Author_Institution :
Highwave Opt. Technol., Lannion, France
Abstract :
We analyze theoretically and experimentally different contributions to polarization dependent loss of gain flattening filters based on slanted Bragg gratings. We propose and successfully test configurations allowing significant polarization dependent loss reduction.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; WDM systems; gain equalizing filters; polarization dependent loss; polarization dependent loss reduction; slanted Bragg grating based gain flattening filters; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Fibre and Optical Passive Components, 2002. Proceedings of 2002 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7556-4
DOI :
10.1109/FOPC.2002.1015807
