Title :
Writing of Bragg gratings with wavelength flexibility using a Sagnac type interferometer and application to FH-CDMA
Author :
Cortès, P-Y ; Fathallah, H. ; LaRochelle, S. ; Rusch, L.A. ; Loiselle, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Laval Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
We present an interferometric setup to write apodized or apodized-chirped Bragg gratings at any wavelength with the same phase mask and to a precision of 0.1 nm. An encoder for CDMA applications is realized
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; code division multiple access; encoding; light interferometers; measurement errors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre fabrication; optical images; optical modulation; Bragg fibre grating writing; CDMA applications; FH-CDMA; Sagnac type interferometer; apodized-chirped Bragg gratings; interferometric setup; phase mask; precision; wavelength flexibility; Bragg gratings; Chromatic dispersion; Interference; Mirrors; Multiaccess communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Sagnac interferometers; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732625
