Polymer-based compact comb filter with flat top response

Author

Wu, Qiang ; Chu, Pak L. ; Chan, H.P. ; Pal, B.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China

Volume

17

Issue

12

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2619

Lastpage

2621

Abstract

A polymer-based compact comb filter with flat top spectral characteristics is reported. A design equation has been derived from which the values of the device parameters can be optimized to render the desired performance characteristics of the filter. The polymer waveguide version of this filter has been fabricated and its experimental spectral characteristics agree very well with the theoretical one. This filter is compact with dimensions 26 × 8 mm² because no cascade of unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometers is used. Its flat top extends to 50% of the channel width and channel isolation is 22 dB. The filter covers both the C-band and L-band wavelength range with channel spacing 1.6 nm.

Keywords

channel spacing; comb filters; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical polymers; optical waveguide filters; 1 to 2 GHz; 26 mm; 4 to 8 GHz; 8 mm; C-band; L-band; channel isolation; channel spacing; channel width; compact comb filter; design equation; flat top spectral characteristics; optical fiber communication systems; polymer waveguide version; polymer-based filter; Bragg gratings; Design optimization; Equations; Fiber gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber filters; Passband; Polymers; Programmable control; Comb filter; Mach–Zehnder interferometer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.859548

Filename

1542168