Broadband wavelength-selective tap using an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer and chirped photo-induced Bragg gratings

Abstract
Form only given. Presents the design of the wavelength-selective tap, which consists of an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer with identical chirped Bragg gratings in the interferometer arms. The design is similar to a narrowband wavelength-selective multiplexing/demultiplexing device reported previously. The principal difference is the gratings in this device have a chirped period rather than a uniform period. Author(s) Bilodeau, F. Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada Hill, K.O. ; Theriault, S. ; Malo, B. ; Albert, J. ; Johnson, D.C.