Bragg grating fast tunable filter for wavelength division multiplexing

Alessandro Iocco, Hans Georg Limberger, René Paul Salathé, Lorna A. Everall, Karen E. Chisholm, John A.R. Williams, Ian Bennion

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Abstract

A Bragg grating fast tunable filter prototype working over a linear tuning range of 45 nm with a maximum tuning speed of 21 nm/ms has been realized. The tunable filter system is based on two piezoelectric stack actuators moving a mechanical device thus compressing an apodized fiber Bragg grating. The filter allows both traction and compression and can work in transmission and in reflection. It is designed to work with a channel spacing of 100 GHz according to the ITU specifications for wavelength division multiplexing systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1217-1221
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume17
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bragg gratings
  • Wavelength division multiplexing
  • Optical fibers
  • Laser tuning
  • Tunable circuits and devices
  • Fiber gratings
  • Optical fiber filters
  • Optical refraction
  • Optical fiber sensors
  • Thermal stresses

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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