Interrogation of wavelength multiplexed fiber bragg gratings using spectral filtering and amplitude-to-phase optical conversion

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-131

  Abad, S ^a   Araujo F M ^b   Ferreira, L A ^b   Santos, J L ^c,d   Lopez Amo M ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b MultiWave Networks Portugal Lda   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gratings; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber sensors; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL LINKS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL CONVERSION; SPECTRAL FILTER; WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0344950330     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.802228     Document Type: Article

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