Fiber-Based Lattice Devices 7
Daniel Nolan, Corning Inc., Corning, N.Y., USA

Three Uniform Long-Period Gratings for 1-dB Gain Flattened EDFA 11
L. Boschis, L. Cognolato, A. Pagano, M. Potenza, O. Rossotto,
B. Sordo, L. Tallone, CSELT, Torino, Italy

Supervisory Channels in an Optical Demultiplexer 15
S. Louis, J.P. Laude, J.P. Gautherin, I. Long, C. Lottier,
D. Fessard - ISA Jobin-Yvon, Longjumeau, France,
A. Hamel, Y. Sorel, D. Laville, L. Mace, France Telecom, Lannion

Matricial Method for the Systematic Design of Birefringent-Fibre 19
Wavelength Filters, J.L. Arce-Diego, A. Sanz-Merino, D. Pereda,
J. M. Lopez-Higuera, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
 
 

(invited paper)
Planar Lightwave Circuit Devices for WDM Applications 24
Katsunari Okamoto, NTT, Tokai, Japan

Technology for Polarization Insensitive Arrayed Waveguide Multiplexers 33
Based on SiO2 on Si
M. Lanker, E. Wildermuth, Ch. Nadler, W. Hunziker,
H. Melchior , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH

Mach-Zehnder OADM using Bragg Gratings in Cladding-Photosensitive 37
Fiber for Dense WDM Applications
F. Bakti, X. Daxelet*, X. Shou*, P. Sansonetti, S. Lacroix*
Alcatel Corporate Research Center, Marcoussis, France
*Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

FIR Lattice Flat Band Add Drop Filter Design 41
D. Di Mola, M. Lenzi, E. Fioravanti, G. Anzalone*
ITALTEL, Castelletto di Settimo M. (Milano), Italy
* University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Planar Waveguide Components in Future High Capacity
Telecommunication Networks 45
T. V. Clapp, S. Day, and R.G. Peall
Nortel Technology, Harlow Labs., Harlow, U.K.
 
 

(invited paper)
Performances and Applications of Micro-optic Devices 50
G. Duck, JDS FITEL, Nepean, Ontario, Canada

Thick-Film Piezo Actuators for SOS Devices 57
S. Donati, V. Annovazzi Lodi, F. Francese, G. Chiaretti*
University of Pavia, Italy
* ITALTEL, Castelletto di Settimo M., Milano, Italy

Polymeric Optical Waveguide Films for Short Distance Optical Interconnect, 61
M. Hikita, S. Tomaru, K. Enbutsu, N. Ooba, T. Yoshida, S. Imamura,
NTT Opto-electronics Labs., Tokai, Japan

Polymer Waveguide Components Fabricated by LIGA-Technique 65
T. Paatzsch, H. D. Bauer, M. Popp, S. Stadler, I. Smaglinski,
W.Ehrfeld, Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Mainz, Germany

Bragg Gratings on Planar Optical Waveguides made of Phosphosilicate 69
Glass, L. Cognolato, D. Di Mola*, M. Lenzi*, F. Pozzi, L. Tallone
CSELT, Torino, Italy *ITALTEL, Castelletto di Settimo M., Milano, Italy

Metal-Film Fiber Attenuators for Optical Networks with Flat 73
Spectral Response, Valerio Annovazzi Lodi, S. Donati, S. Merlo,
D. Beltrami, R. Galeotti, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
 
 

Mode-Field Expanding and Reducing Dispersive Fiber Made by Local 78
Heat Treatment,
Junji Nishimura, Katsumi Morishita,
Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan
Comparison of Fiber Coupling Manufacturing Tolerances for Different
Spot-Size Converter Design 82
Frank H.G.M. Wijnands, Charles G. Crooks, Richard M. Ash
Hewlett Packard, Ipswich, U.K.

Novel Techniques for Waveguide-Facet Reflectivity and Coupling
using a Fiber-Waveguide Power Transmission Analysis 86
M. Nisa Khan, L. W. Stulz, E. C. Burrows, C. A. Burrus, B. I. Miller,
Lucent Technology, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA
 
 

(invited paper)
Reliability of Passive Integrated Optical Splitters 92
H. Eckstein, N. Fabricius, J. Ingenhof, IOT, Germany

Reliability Evaluation of Optical Splitters in Planar Technology 99
G. Gallo, A. Piccirillo, T. Tambosso, G. Zaffiro
CSELT, Torino, Italy

Return Loss Measurement by Feedback Interferometry 103
S. Donati, G. Giuliani, T. Tambosso*
University of Pavia, Italy, * CSELT, Torino, Italy
 
 

(invited paper)
Dispersion Compensating Fibre Bragg Gratings 108
R. I. Laming, M. J. Cole, M. Durkin, M. Ibsen, M. N. Zervas,
V. Gusmeroli*, A. Zuccala*, J. Roman**
University of Southampton, U.K. * Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi, Milano, Italy
** Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, D.C., USA

System Limitations due to Group Delay and Reflectivity Ripples of
Dispersion Compensating Fibre Gratings 116
C. Bungarzeanu
EPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

Effect of Saturation in UV-Writing of Bragg Gratings 120
Martin O. Berendt, Jorg Hubner* , Morten Ibsen* *
Department of Electromagnetic Systems, Lyngby, Denmark
* Mikroelektronik Centret, Lyngby, Denmark
** Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, U.K.

Chirped Fibre Bragg Gratings for WDM Chromatic Dispersion Compensation
in multi-span 10 Gb/s Transmission 124
Isabelle Riant, Salim Gurib, Josseline Gourhant,
Raman Kashyap*, Alcatel Corporate Research Center, Marcoussis, France
* BT Laboratories, Ipswich, U.K.

Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Link Emulator based on a Chirped 128
Fiber Grating, David Benito, Maria J. Erro, J. Garde, Miguel A. Muriel*
UPNA, Pamplona, Spain, *ETSIT-UPM, Madrid, Spain
 
 

(invited paper)
Long and Short Period Fibre Optic Gratings 134
T. Strasser, Bell Labs, USA

Optical Fibre Bragg Gratings with short Equivalent Length for 140
Hybrid Laser Realization, L. Tallone, L. Boschis, L. Cognolato,
A. Gnazzo, F. Pacciani, R. Paoletti, O. Rossotto
CSELT, Torino, Italy

Multimode and Few-Mode Fiber Bragg Gratings: Fabrication,Characterization and Application 144
Toru Mizunami, Tsutomu Niiho and Sanjay Gupta
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tobata, Kitakyushu, Japan

Effect of Wavelength Chirp on Fiber Bragg Grating Response 148
Muhittin Sayin and Sadettin Özyazici
University of Gaziantep, Turkey
 
 

P1 Fiber-Bragg Grating-Arrays for Photonics Applications 153
Riccardo Falciai, Raffaella Fontana, Paolo Castelli*,
Piero Giacosa*, IROE, Firenze, Italy
* IRTM, Vico Canavese (Torino), Italy

P2 Modal-Field Transformation by Use of a Graded-Index Fiber with 157
an Elliptical Core, Kazuo Shiraishi, Akira Ogura,
Utsunomiya University, Faculty of Engineering, Utsunomiya, Japan

P3 Ultra-Low Insertion Loss Fused Couplers by a Long Furnace 161
S. Donati, V. Annovazzi Lodi, F. Picchi*
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, * TELES, Milano, Italy

P4 Fuzzy Automatic Polarization Controller 165
J. M. Perdigués, J. Comellas*, J. Prat*, G. Junyent*
Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
* Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

P5 A New Method Based on OLCR for Fiber Group Index 169
Measurement, Gisella Marradi, P.G. Peretta, S. Cattelan,
SIRTI Cables and Optical Technologies, Cassina de' Pecchi, Milano, Italy

P6 Effect of Imperfection of the Faraday Rotator Mirror on Compensated 173
Optical Fibre Coils, J.L. Arce Diego, R. Montalban-Carrasco, A. Cobo,
J.M. Lopez-Higuera, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain