title: Optimization of a continuous phase-only sampling for high channel-count fiber Bragg gratings.
abstract: A novel continuous phase-only sampling function capable of producing up to 81-channel FBG with excellent channel uniformity and high in-band energy efficiency is presented and optimized by using the simulated annealing algorithm. In order to fabricate this kind of FBG with a conventional side-writing phase-mask technique, both the diffraction effects and fabrication tolerance of the phase-shifted phase mask have also been addressed. Compared with the numerical results, a 45-channel (spacing 100 GHz) and an 81-channel (spacing of 50 GHz) phase-only sampled linearly chirped FBG are successfully demonstrated.
authors.forename: Hongpu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogusu
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rothenberg