Title :
Experimental demonstration of the fractional spectral Talbot effect in sampled chirped fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Giannone, Domenico ; Peigné, Guillaume ; Kinet, Damien ; Hamoir, Dominique ; Chen, Lawrence R. ; Wang, Chinhua ; Azaña, José
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Telecoms Dept., Multitel ASBL, Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
We provide the first experimental observation of the fractional spectral self-imaging effect in sampled chirped fiber Bragg gratings. This effect can be used for implementing multi-wavelength filters with increased channel density.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Talbot effect; chirp modulation; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical filters; chirped fiber Bragg gratings; fractional spectral Talbot effect; fractional spectral self-imaging effect; multiwavelength filters; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Filters; Optical reflection; Reflectivity; Refractive index; Sampling methods; Talbot effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363440
