Jefferson Lynn Wagener

USING MICROCONTACT PRINTING TO GENERATE AMPLITUDE PHOTOMASKS ON THE SURFACES OF OPTICAL FIBERS : A METHOD FOR PRODUCING IN-FIBER GRATINGS

This letter describes a method for producing in-fiber gratings that reduces the effects of mechanical and optical instabilities limiting other methods. In this technique, opaque lines formed on the outside of the fiber using a procedure known as microcontact printing, serve as an amplitude photomask for exposure to ultraviolet light. Long-period fiber optic attenuators formed by ths technique demonstrate its advantages.

Silica-air microstructured fibers: properties and applications

We present results of three silica-air fiber types possessing unique characteristics, which are not possible with conventional MCVD fibers. We summarize the optical and mechanical properties of these fibers and review potential applications.

Characterization of the economic impact of stranded bandwidth in fixed OADM relative to ROADM networks

Carriers are generating business cases for deploying ROADM networks based on the elimination of wavelength blocking in FOADM networks. We quantify the real cost of stranding bandwidth in FOADM networks and determine optimum network size depending on the traffic patterns.

Effects of chirp in long period gratings

Long period gratings (LPG) offer coherent coupling between two co-propagating modes in a fiber, and are very attractive due to their ability to shape the optical spectrum1 over large wavelength ranges.