Title :
Fiber-optic tunable filters powered by in-fiber light
Author :
Chen, Kevin P. ; Cashdollar, Lucas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA
Abstract :
Tunable fiber Bragg gratings powered by in-fiber light have been demonstrated. Heated with in-fiber diode laser light leaked through fiber clad, metal-coated fiber Bragg gratings show 4.9-nm resonance wavelength tuning and 6-nm chirp tuning, respectively.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre filters; optical tuning; chirp tuning; diode laser light; fiber clad; fiber-optic tunable filters; metal fiber Bragg gratings;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6