• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 57, Issue 19, 190605 (2020)
Xuewen Yan1, Liyong Ren2, Li Yang3, Dongsheng Ran1, Dongdong Han1, Yongkai Wang1, Lei Liang1, Chengfang Xu2、4, Jihong Liu1, Jun Dong1, and Kaili Ren1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Engineering, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710121, China
  • 2School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
  • 3Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP57.190605 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xuewen Yan, Liyong Ren, Li Yang, Dongsheng Ran, Dongdong Han, Yongkai Wang, Lei Liang, Chengfang Xu, Jihong Liu, Jun Dong, Kaili Ren. Broadband Filter Based on High-Precision Microtapered Long-Period Fiber Gratings[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(19): 190605 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A heating method based on double-beam carbon dioxide (CO2) laser is proposed, and the fabrication system of a long-period fiber grating with a microtapered structure is designed and built. The system achieves uniform heating and fiber softening by accurately controlling the CO2 laser power, heating time, and spot size. The microtapered long-period fiber gratings (MT-LPFGs) with high-precision (extinction ratio >30 dB and insertion loss <1 dB) and without spectral degradation are fabricated by controlling the micro taper length and tapering ratio via a high-precision stepping motor. Based on cascaded MT-LPFGs, a broadband all fiber filter is realized. Experimental results show that the designed dual cascaded MT-LPFGs can achieve 15 nm broadband filtering at the extinction ratio of 30 dB, and the filtering bandwidth is increased by 7.5 times compared with that of the single grating. The three cascaded MT-LDFGs can achieve 25.2 nm broadband filtering at -25 dB band stop depth, which is 12.6 times that of a single grating. Finally, the bending tolerance of the cascaded grating filter is proved to be 1.183 m -1 by the bending experiment. The filter has advantages of high precision, simple preparation, and no spectral degradation, so it has an important application in broadband filtering.
    Xuewen Yan, Liyong Ren, Li Yang, Dongsheng Ran, Dongdong Han, Yongkai Wang, Lei Liang, Chengfang Xu, Jihong Liu, Jun Dong, Kaili Ren. Broadband Filter Based on High-Precision Microtapered Long-Period Fiber Gratings[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(19): 190605
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