Title :
Development of core mode blocker with H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres
Author :
Han, Young-Geun ; Kim, Sang Hyuck ; Lee, Sang Bae ; Paek, Un-Chul ; Chung, Youngjoo
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
fDate :
7/24/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel fabrication method of the core mode blocker by exposing H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres to local electric arc discharge for application to the LPFGs-based tunable all-fibre bandpass filter with 6.5 nm bandwidth and 40 nm tuning range is presented.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; wavelength division multiplexing; H2-loaded Ge-B codoped fibres; LPFGs; WDM; bandwidth; core mode blocker; local electric arc discharge; long-period fibre gratings; optical fibre filters; tunable all-fibre bandpass filter; tuning range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030721
