Wavelength switching in a mixed structure of a long-period and a Bragg fiber gratings

We built a numerical model for evaluating the coupling processes of a mixed structure of a Bragg fiber grat-ing and a long-period grating. From the numerical results, we not only confirmed the wavelength switchingphenomena observed in previously reported experiments, but also discovered a new coupling mechanism,which generated the reflection of a signal with its wavelength longer than the Bragg wavelength. Thedependencies of the wavelength switching behaviors on various parameters of the mixed grating structure