Dispersion control with use of long-period fiber gratings

Chirped long-period fiber gratings are analyzed for management of dispersion in optical fiber communications systems. A ray model is used to derive simple analytic expressions that describe the transmission, chromatic delay, and dispersion properties of chirped long-period fiber gratings. A numerica...

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Published inJournal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 304
Main Authors Stegall, D B, Erdogan, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2000
Subjects
Equipment Design
Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation
Humans
Light
Models, Theoretical
Optical Fibers
Scattering, Radiation
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Summary:Chirped long-period fiber gratings are analyzed for management of dispersion in optical fiber communications systems. A ray model is used to derive simple analytic expressions that describe the transmission, chromatic delay, and dispersion properties of chirped long-period fiber gratings. A numerical model based on coupled-mode theory is used to verify the accuracy of the analytic expressions and explore design issues of the chirped long-period grating. With certain reasonable restrictions, chirped long-period gratings are found to be a viable and desirable alternative to existing dispersion compensation techniques.
ISSN:1084-7529
DOI:10.1364/JOSAA.17.000304