Application of thin-film optical filters to the temperaturecompensation of optical fiber grating-based devices |
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Authors: | Arya V Sherrer DW Wang A Claus RO Jones M |
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Affiliation: | Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA; |
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Abstract: | A major problem currently affecting the implementation of in-fiber refractive-index grating-based optical fiber devices is the drift in wavelength modulation due to the change in the ambient temperature. For accurate and reliable long-term operation of these devices, suitable temperature compensation techniques are a necessity. This paper presents a novel temperature compensation technique for in-fiber refractive index grating-based devices and components. The proposed technique is based on the temperature-dependent spectral characteristics of a dielectric multilayer thin-film interference filter fabricated on the endface of refractive-index grating impressed optical fiber. Temperature compensation is achieved by comparing the reflected intensities at the grating-reflected and the interference filter-reflected wavelengths. The proposed scheme also compensates for light source fluctuations and lead-in fiber bending losses |
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