A wide range tunable fiber Bragg grating using fast changeable electromagnetic force

Heba A. Fayed; Mohamed Mahmoud; A. K. Aboul Seoud; Moustafa H. Aly

doi:10.1117/12.871527

22 September 2010 A wide range tunable fiber Bragg grating using fast changeable electromagnetic force

Heba A. Fayed, Mohamed Mahmoud, A. K. Aboul Seoud, Moustafa H. Aly

Proceedings Volume 7750, Photonics North 2010; 77501R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.871527
Event: Photonics North 2010, 2010, Niagara Falls, Canada

Abstract

We demonstrate a silica-based tunable fiber Bragg grating (TFBG) filter with a wavelength tuning range over 60 nm. A magnetically TFBG package is employed to obtain a wide wavelength tuning range from 1540 to 1602 nm which covers the entire C band and most of the L-band. TFBG is achieved by varying an input current to a solenoid, resulting in an electromagnetic force, used as a strain (tension and compression) on the FBG. This approach is fast, has a broad band of tuning wavelengths and achieves a power reduction as no continuous supply of power is needed to maintain the set shift, due to the latch system used. This novel TFBG device can have a variety of applications in optical fiber communication systems such as programmable optical add/drop multiplexers (OADMs), dispersion compensators and tunable lasers.

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Heba A. Fayed, Mohamed Mahmoud, A. K. Aboul Seoud, and Moustafa H. Aly "A wide range tunable fiber Bragg grating using fast changeable electromagnetic force", Proc. SPIE 7750, Photonics North 2010, 77501R (22 September 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.871527

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