IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology

Table of Contents

Page...Title

Authors

125... Design and Cost Performance of the Multistage WDM-PON Access Networks

Guido Maier, Mario Martinelli, Achille Pattavina, Senior Member, IEEE and Elio Salvadori

144... Analysis and Dimensioning of Switchless Networks for Single-Layer Optical Architecture

Stefano Binetti, Marco Listanti, Senior Member, IEEE Alessandro Maga and Roberto Sabella Member, IEEE

154... The Role of Thermal Chirp in Reducing Interferometric Noise in Fiber-Optic Systems Driven by Directly Modulated DFB Lasers

W. D. Cornwell, Ivan Andonovic, Senior Member, IEEE, Member, OSA A. Zadok and Moshe Tur Fellow, IEEE, Fellow, OSA

161... Measurements of Thermal Effects in Fibers Doped with Cobalt and Vanadium

Monica K. Davis, Member, OSA and Michel J. F. Digonnet

166... Comprehensive Theory of Dispersion in Graded-Index Optical Fibers

G. Yabre Member, IEEE

178... Optimum Index Profile of the Perfluorinated Polymer-Based GI Polymer Optical Fiber and Its Dispersion Properties

Takaaki Ishigure, Yasuhiro Koike and James W. Fleming Member, OSA

185... Measurement of the Birefringence of UV-Written Channel Silica Waveguides by Magnetooptic Polarization-Mode Coupling

Dietmar Johlen, Gunnar Stolze, Hagen Renner and Ernst Brinkmeyer

193... Birefringence Free Planar Optical Waveguide Made by Flame Hydrolysis Deposition (FHD) Through Tailoring of the Overcladding

A. Kilian, J. Kirchhof, B. Kuhlow, G. Przyrembel and W. Wischmann

199... Near-Infrared Refractive Index of Thick, Laterally Oxidized AlGaAs Cladding Layers

F. Sfigakis, P. Paddon, V. Pacradouni, M. Adamcyk, C. Nicoll, A. R. Cowan, T. Tiedje and Jeff F. Young

203... Nonlinear Saturation Behaviors of High-Speed p-i-n Photodetectors

Yong-Liang Huang and Chi-Kuang Sun Member, IEEE, Member, OSA

213... Synthesis of Photonic Microwave Filters Based on External Optical Modulators and Wide-Band Chirped Fiber Gratings

V. Polo, F. Ramos, J. Marti, D. Moodie and D. Wake

221... Frequency-Dependent Characteristics of an Ion-Implanted GaAs MESFET with Opaque Gate Under Illumination

Nandita Saha Roy, B. B. Pal and R. U. Khan

230... Bragg Gratings in Multimode and Few-Mode Optical Fibers

Toru Mizunami, Member, OSA Tzvetanka V. Djambova , Tsutomu Niiho and Sanjay Gupta

236... On the Application of Coupled Mode Theory for Modeling Fiber Bragg Gratings

Martin McCall Member, OSA

243... Improved Three-Point Formulas Considering the Interface Conditions in the Finite-Difference Analysis of Step-Index Optical Devices

Yih-Peng Chiou, Yen-Chung Chiang and Hung-Chun Chang Member, IEEE, Member, OSA

252... Optical Half-Band Filters

Kaname Jinguji and Manabu Oguma