3m Innovative Properties Company

Pranay G Sinha

Michael R Matthews

James Francis Brennan, Iii

Dale E Elder

John A Valenti

Chad H Byrd

Xudong Fan

Jerome C Porque

Edward Hernandez

Gerald A Beauchesne

James F Brennen, Iii

Gerad A Beauchesne

Edward Hernadez

A method for screening the quality of an optical component including the step of simulating the performance of the optical component. The step of simulating includes the step of measuring the optical phase &phgr; of the optical component, wherein the step of measuring comprises indirectly measuring the optical phase &phgr; of the optical component using a scanning laser having a scanning step size &Dgr;&ohgr; and a modulation frequency &ohgr; such that &Dgr;&ohgr;/&ohgr; . The light throughput R of the optical component is then measured. A transfer function H as a function of optical frequency &ohgr; is constructed where H(&ohgr;)&equals;R(&ohgr;)exp&lsqb;j&phgr;(&ohgr;)&rsqb;, and the performance is simulated using the measured value of the optical phase and the light throughput into the transfer function.

Quality review method for optical components using a fast system performance characterization

A device including a chirped Bragg grating, said grating having (a) a reflection bandwidth having a full-width at half maximum that is greater than 6 nm, and (b) a reflection delay ripple amplitude of less than &plusmn;50 ps.

Wide-bandwidth chirped fiber bragg gratings with low delay ripple amplitude

Wide-bandwidth chirped fiber Bragg gratings with low delay ripple amplitude

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Pranay G Sinha