Bragg grating fast tunable filter for wavelength division multiplexing

A. Iocco, H G Limberger, R P Salathe, L A Everall, K E Chisholm, J A R Williams, I Bennion

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Abstract

A Bragg grating fast tunable filter prototype working over a linear tuning range of 45 nm with a maximum tuning speed of 21 nm/ms has been realized. The tunable filter system is based on two piezoelectric stack actuators moving a mechanical device thus compressing an apodized fiber Bragg grating. The filter allows both traction and compression and can work in transmission and in reflection. It is designed to work with a channel spacing of 100 GHz according to the ITU specifications for wavelength division multiplexing systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1217-1221
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume17
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 1999

Bibliographical note

Optical Society of America IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society IEEE Communications Society IEEE Electron Devices Society IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society IEEE Photonics Society

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