Title :
Optically transparent digitally tunable wavelength filter
Author :
Warr, S.T. ; Parker, M.C. ; Mears, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
fDate :
1/19/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new digital architecture combining a spatial light modulator written dynamic hologram and a fixed diffractive grating has been demonstrated to produce a tunable wavelength filter with a tuning resolution of 2.5 nm over a 160 nm range. Three modes of a broadband 1.45 μm laser diode have been isolated using the filter and selectively coupled into singlemode communications fibre
Keywords :
computer-generated holography; diffraction gratings; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; spatial filters; spatial light modulators; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.45 micrometre; WDM; broadband laser diode; digitally tunable wavelength filter; dynamic hologram; fixed diffractive grating; optical fibre networks; optically transparent filter; selectively coupling; singlemode communications fibre; spatial light modulator; tuning resolution;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950087