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A new method for controlling the center wavelength, bandwidth, and spectral profile of a fiber Bragg grating is described. A piezo-electric transducer is used to impose an arbitrary strain distribution on an attached grating. This allows the synthesis of a wide range of tunable filters and dispersion compensation devices.
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Alavie, A.T., Ohn, M.M., Maaskant, R. (1997). Bragg Grating Filter Synthesis with a Piezo-electric Transducer. In: Lampropoulos, G.A., Lessard, R.A. (eds) Applications of Photonic Technology 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9250-8_57
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