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SAINT-PETERSBURG, October 17 – 20, 2005 7<br />

INTEGRATED OPTICAL BRAGG GRATINGS FOR FAST<br />

ELECTROOPTICAL CONTROL OF SPECTRAL CHANNELS IN<br />

OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS<br />

Alexander Shamray, Alexander Kozlov, Igor Ilichev, Mikhail Petrov<br />

I<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fe Physico-Technical Institute, Laboratory <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Quantum Electr<strong>on</strong>ics,<br />

26 Polytekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia<br />

Ph<strong>on</strong>e: +7-812-2479336, fax: +7-812-247-1017, e-mail: achamrai@mail.i<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fe.ru<br />

A novel method <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> fast electrooptical c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the spectral resp<strong>on</strong>se <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bragg<br />

gratings has been developed. An integrated optical device for the c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

spectral channels based <strong>on</strong> this method has been fabricated and tested.<br />

We have developed a novel technique <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the electrooptical c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the spectral resp<strong>on</strong>se<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bragg gratings in LiNbO 3 single-mode channel waveguides. The technique is based <strong>on</strong><br />

inducing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the average refractive index disc<strong>on</strong>tinuities which lead to the trans<strong>format</strong>i<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

the shape <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> grating spectral resp<strong>on</strong>se. An integrated optical device for dem<strong>on</strong>strati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

the suggested technique has been fabricated. A photorefractive Bragg grating was formed<br />

in the LiNbO 3 single mode optical waveguide by holographic recording. Average<br />

refractive index disc<strong>on</strong>tinuities in the Bragg grating were produced and electrically<br />

c<strong>on</strong>trolled by applicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the external electric field with a specified spatial distributi<strong>on</strong><br />

defined by electrodes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> specially designed c<strong>on</strong>figurati<strong>on</strong>. Two modes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the device<br />

operati<strong>on</strong> and two different regimes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> its spectral resp<strong>on</strong>se c<strong>on</strong>trol have been<br />

dem<strong>on</strong>strated. The first regime is simple tuning <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the central wavelength <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Bragg<br />

grating spectral resp<strong>on</strong>se without changing its shape by applicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a spatially uniform<br />

electric field. The wavelength shift <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> about 0.1 nm has been obtained for an applied<br />

electric field <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 7.5 V/µm. This fast electrooptical tuning can be very attractive for<br />

wavelength locking and laser stabilizati<strong>on</strong>. The sec<strong>on</strong>d regime <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the c<strong>on</strong>trol is a<br />

trans<strong>format</strong>i<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the shape <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Bragg grating spectral resp<strong>on</strong>se. The applicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

external electric field <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the same magnitude (7.5 V/µm), but opposite polarity to different<br />

halves <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the grating produces the average refractive index disc<strong>on</strong>tinuity that results in<br />

maximum transmittance at the central wavelength <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the grating reflecti<strong>on</strong> band. Thus the<br />

fast electrooptical switching from the stop-band mode to the pass-band mode has been<br />

dem<strong>on</strong>strated. This mode <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> operati<strong>on</strong> is very attractive for building optical Add/Drop<br />

multiplexers, wavelength selective electrically c<strong>on</strong>trolled optical attenuators for optical<br />

power equalizers, and electrooptical modulators (allowing modulati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong>e specific<br />

wavelength channel without affecting the other channels). A high wavelength selectivity<br />

(0.1 ÷ 0.01 nm), fast electrooptical c<strong>on</strong>trol (to 10 ns), relatively low c<strong>on</strong>trolling voltages,<br />

an integrated optical implementati<strong>on</strong>, compatibility with other comp<strong>on</strong>ents in modern<br />

optical networks, and possibility <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mass producti<strong>on</strong> make this device extremely promising<br />

as a key building block <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> various optical systems intended for c<strong>on</strong>trol <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> narrow-band<br />

spectral channels in WDM telecommunicati<strong>on</strong> systems.<br />

The financial support <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the INTAS (Grant Nr 04-83-3429) and Council <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the grants<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> President <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Russian Federati<strong>on</strong> for support <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> young russian scientists and leading<br />

scientific schools (Grants NSH-98.2003.2 and MK-1520.2004.9) is gratefully<br />

acknowledged.

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