• DocumentCode
    2304357
  • Title

    Arbitrary-order photonic differentiators based on phase-shifted long-period gratings

  • Author

    Ashrafi, Reza ; Azaña, José

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. - Energie, Mater. et Telecommun. (INRS-EMT), Montréal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    660
  • Lastpage
    661
  • Abstract
    A novel design of THz-bandwidth all-optical arbitrary-order differentiators based on phase-shifted long period fiber/waveguide gratings is proposed and numerically demonstrated. This solution offers a dramatically increased tolerance against practical variations in the grating parameters (e.g. coupling strength).
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical communication; optical phase shifters; THz-bandwidth; arbitrary-order photonic differentiators; grating parameters; phase-shifted long-period gratings; tolerance against practical variations; Couplings; Gratings; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Ultrafast optics; all-optical devices; all-optical signal processing; differentiation; fiber optics components; gratings; pulse shaping; ultrafast processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358794
  • Filename
    6358794