Electrically tunable dispersion compensator with fixed center wavelength using fiber Bragg grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1568-1575

  Ngo, N Q ^a   Li, S Y ^a   Zheng, R T ^a   Tjin, S C ^a   Shum, P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dispersion compensation; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Tunable filter

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE DISPERSION COMPENSATOR; STRAIN GRADIENT; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT CERAMIC;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0041418195     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.812153     Document Type: Article

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