A wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing device is fabricated and used to drop/insert a single wavelength channel from/into a multiple wavelength transmission link with 100 GHz channel-spacing at… (More)
Determining the manner in which food webs will respond to environmental changes is difficult because the relative importance of top-down vs. bottom-up forces in controlling ecosystems is still… (More)
Experimental results of time delay ripples in dispersion compensating fiber Bragg gratings fabricated with either holographic or electron-beam written 10-cm-long phase masks are presented. Deviations… (More)
Localized heating with a flame is shown to be a simple and effective method for substantially augmenting the photosensitivity of high-silica optical waveguides to (UV) light. The method increases the… (More)
An all-fiber narrowband transmission filter (FWHM=0.25 nm) that is compact and exhibits high return loss (30 dB or better) is demonstrated using simultaneously written matched-pair, side-by-side… (More)
Sympatric species are expected to minimize competition by partitioning resources, especially when these are limited. Herbivores inhabiting the High Arctic in winter are a prime example of a situation… (More)
The automated manufacture and characterization of compact four-port highly overcoupled fused couplers is reported. During the pulling stage of the manufacturing process, the light power in such… (More)
A linearly chirped in-fiber Bragg grating is reported that can compensate at 1549 nm for the dispersion [ approximately -19 ps/(nmkm)] of standard telecommunications optical fiber optimized for… (More)
Rising temperatures and changes in the precipitation regime will have a strong impact on the quality of the snow cover in the Arctic. A snow cover of good quality protecting lemmings from cold… (More)