Title :
All-fibre wavelength filters using concatenated fused-taper couplers
Author :
Yataki, M.S. ; Payne, David N. ; Varnham, M.P.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Successive fused-taper couplers are proposed as all-fibre wavelength filters. A low-loss narrowband filter constructed from two overcoupled couplers is demonstrated.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical filters; WDM; all-fibre wavelength filters; band-pass filters; concatenated fused-taper couplers; low-loss narrowband filter; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; overcoupled couplers; wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850177
