Mechanical tuning of a fiber bragg grating for optical networking applications

Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Rocha, Mônica L ^a   Borin, Flávio ^a   Monteiro, Hoan C L ^b   Horiuchi, Mariza R ^a   De Barros, Miriam R X ^a   Santos, Maria Aparecida D ^a   Oliveira, Flávia L ^a   Simões, Fábio D ^a  

^a CPqD Telecom and IT Solutions   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer (ROADM)

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; AXIAL STRETCHING; BIT ERROR RATIO (BER); FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); LONG TERM STABILITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TUNING; OPTICAL DROP; OPTICAL NETWORKING; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS; TUNING RANGES; TUNING SCREWS;

FIBERS; SCREWS; STRESSES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 34547378992     PISSN: 15167399     EISSN: 21791074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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