Low-Cost Wavelength Measurement Based on a Macrobending Single-Mode Fiber

Authors

Qian Wang, Technological University DublinFollow
Gerald Farrell, Technological University DublinFollow
Thomas Freir, Technological University DublinFollow
Ginu Rajan, Technological University DublinFollow
Pengfei Wang, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering

Publication Details

Optics Letters, Vol.31 (12), 2006, pp.1785-1787 doi:10.1364/OL.31.001785 Available from the Publisher here http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-31-12-1785

Abstract

A low-cost all-fiber wavelength measurement technique is proposed and demonstrated. A macrobending standard single-mode fiber is developed as an edge filter with an optimal design and simple surface processing. A ratiometric wavelength measurement system employing the developed macrobending fiber filter demonstrates a resolution of ∼10 pm in a wavelength range from 1500 to 1560 nm with ease of assembly and calibration.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.001785

Recommended Citation

Wang, Q., Farrell,G., Freir,T.,Rajan, G., Wang, P.: Low-cost wavelength measurement based on a macrobending single-mode fiber. Optics Letters, Vol.31 (12), 2006, pp.1785-1787. doi;10.1364/OL.31.001785