• DocumentCode
    1316973
  • Title

    Amplified spontaneous emission rejection with multi-functional MEMS tunable filter

  • Author

    Jeong, J.W. ; Cho, J.W. ; Jung, I.W. ; Solgaard, Olav

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1275
  • Lastpage
    1277
  • Abstract
    A multi-functional microelectromechanical system (MEMS) tunable optical filter as an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) rejection filter in an optical communication system is presented. The MEMS tunable filter can tune both the centre wavelength and the passband independently and continuously in C-band. This filter was applied to a 10 Gbit/s system and system-performance improvement by adjusting the amount of ASE noise rejection was observed.
  • Keywords
    micromechanical devices; optical communication equipment; optical filters; superradiance; ASE noise rejection; C-band; MEMS tunable filter; amplified spontaneous emission rejection; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; optical communication system; optical filter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.0957
  • Filename
    5567056