title: Characterization of apodized fiber Bragg gratings for rejection filter applications.
abstract: Apodized fiber Bragg gratings with > or = 30-dB sidelobe suppression +/-1 nm from the Bragg center wavelength are spatially characterized with side-scatter and side-diffraction techniques. Resonant side scatter is suppressed, indicating that little dispersion arises from reflections off the grating boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, 101 National Innovation Centre, Eveleigh, New South Wales 1430, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canning
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Psaila
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Brodzeli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janos