All-fiber bandwidth-tunable band-rejection filter based on a composite grating induced by CO2 laser pulses

Opt Express. 2009 Sep 14;17(19):16750-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.016750.

Abstract

We propose an all-fiber band-rejection filter with a tunable bandwidth, which is realized by putting a normal long-period fiber grating in series with a rotary long-period fiber grating written in a twisted single-mode fiber by CO(2) laser pulses. Bandwidth tuning is achieved by applying torsion to the composite grating. Our experimental filter shows a bandwidth tuning of approximately 16.3 nm at a rejection level of approximately 15 dB and a polarization-dependent loss lower than approximately 0.9 dB.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't