Thermal tuning of mechanically induced long-period fiber grating.
We have developed a wideband tunable optical filter that uses a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) in which both resonance wavelength and its signal attenuation can be adjusted. We create the grating mechanically by pressing a spring coil to an optical fiber. We achieve continuous fine tuning of wavelength and attenuation by varying the temperature of the LPFG. The adjustable ranges of the LPFG are more than 200 nm in resonance wavelength and more than 10 dB in signal attenuation.
Yokouchi
Takashi
T
Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 2217-20 Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 761-0396 Japan.
Suzaki
Yoshifumi
Y
Nakagawa
Kiyoshi
K
Yamauchi
Makoto
M
Kimura
Masanori
M
Mizutani
Yasuo
Y
Kimura
Susumu
S
Ejima
Seiki
S