title: Thermo-optically tunable band-rejection filters using mechanically formed long-period fiber gratings.
abstract: We present tunable mechanically formed long-period fiber gratings whose resonance peaks are shifted by the thermo-optic effect of a medium surrounding the fiber cladding. A novel grating formation method and tuning principles that use periodically arrayed metal wire are described. The performance as an active gain equalizer of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier is also reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radio and Information Communication Engineering, Korea Maritime University, Busan, South Korea. krsohn@bada.hhu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyung Rak
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Kwang Taek
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim