Title :
Virtual distributed Gires-Tournois etalon based on phase-modulated wideband chirped fiber grating
Author :
Shu, Xuewen ; Sugden, Kate ; Bennion, Ian
Author_Institution :
Aston Univ., Birmingham
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a novel virtual Gires-Tournois etalon, which is realized by introducing phase-modulation in a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating. Such etalons can be used as dispersion compensation devices in optical transmission systems
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; phase modulation; Gires-Tournois etalon; chirped fiber grating; dispersion compensation devices; fiber Bragg grating; optical transmission systems; phase-modulation; virtual distributed etalon; wideband fiber grating; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical films; Optical refraction; Phase modulation; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215967
