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

doi:10.1109/50.774258

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

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Aston University

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1217-1221
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	17
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/50.774258
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 1999
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Manuscript received December 17, 1998; revised April 1, 1999. This work was supported by the European ACTS-PHOTOS project. The work of L. A. Everall and K. E. Chisholm was supported by EPSRC. A. Iocco, H. G. Limberger, and R. P. Salathé are with the Institute of Applied Optics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. L. A. Everall, K. E. Chisholm, J. A. R. Williams, and I. Bennion are with the Photonics Research Group, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET U.K. Publisher Item Identifier S 0733-8724(99)05526-7.

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

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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