Tunable WDM filter with 0.8-nm channel spacing using a pair of long-period fiber gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 795-797

  Dong, Xinyong ^a   Yang, Xiufeng ^b   Shum, Ping ^a   Chan, Chi Chiu ^c  

^a Network Technology Research Centre   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c Sch Elec Electron Eng   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Long period fiber gratings (LPGs); Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHANNEL SPACING; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATINGS (LPGS); MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; TUNABLE FILTER;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 17644407345     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.843665     Document Type: Article

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