title: In-fiber all-optical fractional differentiator.
abstract: We demonstrate that an asymmetrical pi phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating operated in reflection can provide the required spectral response for implementing an all-optical fractional differentiator. There are different (but equivalent) ways to design it, e.g., by using different gratings lengths and keeping the same index modulation depth at both sides of the pi phase shift, or vice versa. Analytical expressions were found relating the fractional differentiator order with the grating parameters. The device shows a good accuracy calculating the fractional time derivatives of the complex field of an arbitrary input optical waveform. The introduced concept is supported by numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Aplicada y Electromagnetismo, Institut Universitari de Ciència dels Materials, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. claborde@ciop.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuadrado-Laborde
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Andrés