A study on dispersion of long-period fiber gratings

Author

Dongwook Park ; Joon Hwan Hwang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hongik Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

493

Abstract

Long-period fiber gratings (LPFG) have recently emerged as a candidate for a number of applications, including those related to wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) fiber-optic communication. Although some papers have presented analytical treatment of LPFG structures in the past, there has been no report thus far on theoretical calculation of the dispersion characteristics associated with LPFG devices, which could become a significant issue for high-bit-rate LPFG applications. The paper presents some group delay calculations for a wavelength region of 1.51-1.59 /spl mu/m for a variety of LPFG structures ranging from a simple uniform section to a cascaded multisection structure.

Keywords

coupled mode analysis; diffraction gratings; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.51 to 1.59 mum; cascaded multisection structure; dispersion; dispersion characteristics; group delay calculations; high-bit-rate long-period fiber gratings applications; long-period fiber gratings; simple uniform section; theoretical calculation; wavelength region; wavelength-division-multiplexing fiber-optic communication; Bragg gratings; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Propagation delay; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811536

Filename

811536