Passive and active Bragg gratings for optical networks
Passive and active Bragg gratings for optical networks
This thesis investigates fibre Bragg grating (FBG) devices. Specifically, it consists of the developments and applications of two groups of devices: the optical phase en/decoders and the tunable fibre Bragg gratings based on an S-bending technique. The advantage of an S-bending tuning FBG is that its central wavelength is invariant as the linear strain gradient along the FBG is altered. Two new devices are developed by embedding a pair of FBGs in a single uniform beam for S-bending. One is the tunable dispersion compensator with a wide tuning range, and the other is a tunable pure dispersion slope compensator. The application of an S-bending tuning FBG in controlling the output pulse width of a soliton fibre laser is also experimentally demonstrated.
Zhang, Zhaowei
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January 2007
Zhang, Zhaowei
4af9ad95-db4b-434a-83cd-5f2afe90b016
Zhang, Zhaowei
(2007)
Passive and active Bragg gratings for optical networks.
University of Southampton, Optoelectronic Research Center, Doctoral Thesis, 176pp.
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This thesis investigates fibre Bragg grating (FBG) devices. Specifically, it consists of the developments and applications of two groups of devices: the optical phase en/decoders and the tunable fibre Bragg gratings based on an S-bending technique. The advantage of an S-bending tuning FBG is that its central wavelength is invariant as the linear strain gradient along the FBG is altered. Two new devices are developed by embedding a pair of FBGs in a single uniform beam for S-bending. One is the tunable dispersion compensator with a wide tuning range, and the other is a tunable pure dispersion slope compensator. The application of an S-bending tuning FBG in controlling the output pulse width of a soliton fibre laser is also experimentally demonstrated.
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Published date: January 2007
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