Ultra-wide bandpass filter based on long-period fiber gratings and the evanescent field coupling between two fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 10855-10862

  Kim, Myoung Jin ^a   Jung, Yong Min ^a   Kim, Bok Hyeon ^a   Han, Won Taek ^a,b   Lee, Byeong Ha ^a,b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INSERTION LOSSES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

BANDPASS FUNCTION; GAUSSIAN SHAPES; LONG-PERIOD FIBER GRATING (LPG);

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 34548071490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010855     Document Type: Article

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