Acousto-optic tunable apparatus having a fiber bragg grating and an offset core
US6909823B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/0209
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus that microbend a fiber Bragg grating with a transverse acoustic wave. The fiber Bragg grating reflects one or more Nth order sidebands of reflection wavelengths an optical signal in order to couple the band of wavelenghts within from a first mode to a second mode.
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