Open AccessTunable dispersion slope compensator using two uniform fiber Bragg gratings mounted on S-shape plate
Author(s) -
Sunduck Kim,
JiHun Bae,
Kwanil Lee,
Sang Hyuck Kim,
Je–Myung Jeong,
Sang Bae Lee
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.004336
Subject(s) - materials science , optics , fiber bragg grating , dispersion (optics) , dispersion shifted fiber , optical circulator , bandwidth (computing) , wavelength , refractive index , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , optoelectronics , physics , computer network , computer science
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel method for tunable dispersion slope compensation. We use two uniform fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), a spatially designed S-bending stage and 4-port circulator. Two FBGs are mounted on each surface of a metal plate along the calculated quadratic curve. The dispersion slope (DS) can be tuned by adjusting a nonlinear strain along two uniform FBGs without changing second order dispersion as well as the central wavelength. In the experiment, a DS tuning range from -13.9 to -54.8 ps/nm(2) is achieved with the bandwidth of larger than 2.0 nm.