Article comprising an optical waveguide tap

Details Article comprising an optical waveguide tap Article comprising an optical waveguide tap

1996-10-31

1998-11-03

Ollah, Akm E.

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Particular coupling structure

G02B 634

Patent

active

058321560

ABSTRACT:
A dispersive optical waveguide tap comprises a blazed and chirped refractive index grating in the core of the waveguide, coupling means and utilization means. The grating is selected such that guided mode light of predetermined wavelength will, in the absence of the coupling means, be directed into one or more cladding modes of the waveguide. The presence of the coupling means in optical co-operation with the waveguide, changes the guiding conditions such that the cladding modes are substantially eliminated from a portion of the waveguide that includes the cladding, whereby the grating directs the guided mode light into one or more radiation modes. The blaze angle typically is .ltoreq.15.degree.. The chirp serves to bring the radiation mode light substantially to a focus in at least one dimension, the focal point (or line) depending on the wavelength of the light. The utilization means exemplarily comprise an array of photodetectors, and the coupling means exemplarily comprise an appropriately shaped glass member and index matching means. Dispersive waveguide taps are advantageously used in WDM optical communication systems, e.g., to provide status information (e.g., channel wavelength, channel power, including presence or absence of a channel) to, e.g., a system maintenance unit. The status information facilitates maintenance of operating conditions by conventional feedback control.

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"Tilted Fiber Phase Gratings", by T. Erdogan, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 13, No. 2, Feb. 1996, pp. 396-313.

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