Tunable compensation of first-order PMD using a high-birefringence linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating

Author

Dong, Xinyong ; Ngo, N.Q. ; Shum, P. ; Ng, Jun Hong ; Yang, Xiufeng ; Ning, Guoxiang ; Lu, Chao

Author_Institution

Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

846

Lastpage

848

Abstract

A novel tunable compensator for first-order polarization-mode dispersion is demonstrated using a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating written into a high-birefringence hydrogen-loaded fiber. By tuning the bandwidth of the grating from 0.96 to 5.02 nm with nearly fixed center wavelength using a specially designed cantilever beam, the device can generate a tunable differential group delay of 447 to 106 ps.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; birefringence; hydrogen; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; 447 to 106 ps; bandwidth tuning; cantilever beam; first order polarization-mode dispersion; high-birefringence hydrogen-loaded fiber; high-birefringence linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings; tunable compensation; tunable compensator; tunable differential group delay; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Fiber gratings; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical reflection; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.823740

Filename

1269815