Abstract
A novel grating chirp design providing symmetric apodization without perturbing local propagation constants is successfully applied to realize codirectional grating assisted filter. This technique is suited for apodization of Bragg grating filters and mirror spectra as well.
© 1999 Optical Society of America
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