Apodization of fiber Bragg gratings by using ARC discharges

✍ Scribed by R. Romero; G. Rego; P. V. S. Marques

• Book ID: 102520867
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 263 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.23056

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The electric arc technique is used to apodize fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs). Arc discharges applied to the ends of the grating produce a smoothing of the refractive‐index modulation profile reducing the sidelobes of the reflection spectrum at longer wavelengths. A sidelobe reduction of 17 dB was obtained. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 316–319, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23056