Abstract
Chirped fiber Bragg gratings have recently received considerable attention due to their immense potential for use as dispersion equalizers in long-haul fiber telecom links.1 Some of their properties have been studied theoretically and demonstrated in a number of system trials.2 We have implemented a variable-chirp grating using the temperature gradient technique3 and systematically measured its reflection and dispersion characteristics4 for a wide range of applied chirp. The results, which are in very good agreement with theoretical predictions, clarify those properties and will be discussed in this paper.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
R. I. Laming, W. H. Loh, X. Gu, M. N. Zervas, M. J. Cole, and A. D. Ellis
ThA5 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 1996
W. H. Loh, R. I. Laming, A. D. Ellis, and D. Atkinson
PD30 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 1996
G.X. Chen, X. Li, L. Yang, S. S. Jian, H. Ge, and W. Wang
17P.30 Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) 1996