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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Alastair Malcolm Glass, Rumson, NJ (US);
Sungho Jin, Millington, NJ (US);
Paul Joseph Lemaire, Madison, NJ (US);
Thomas A Strasser, Chatham, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the invention, a tunable fiber grating comprises a fiber grating secured to a magnetostrictive body so that magnetostrictive strain will be transmitted to the grating. An electromagnet is disposed adjacent the magnetostrictive body for applying a magnetic field along the body. Control of the current applied to the electromagnet permits control of the strain transmitted to the fiber grating, and thus control of the grating spacing and reflection frequency. In a preferred embodiment the magnetostrictive body is cylinder bonded along the grating. In alternative arrangements, the magnetostrictive effect can be mechanically amplified. An add/drop multiplexer employing the tunable gratings is described.