Production of optical notch filters with fine parameter control using regenerated fiber Bragg gratings

Opt Lett. 2012 May 15;37(10):1697-9. doi: 10.1364/OL.37.001697.

Abstract

A new method to create a controlled notch filter for attenuation of signals based on regenerated fiber Bragg gratings is experimentally demonstrated. A fine adjustment of the notch depth is achieved by controlling the time of regeneration phenomenon in strongly saturated Bragg gratings written in standard ITU G.652 single-mode fiber. This method can used to produce tailored notch filters for several photonic applications, such as optical RF filtering, subcarrier processing or radio over fiber systems.