Title :
Flat-passband interleave filter with 200 GHz channel spacing based on planar lightwave circuit-type lattice structure
Author :
Oguma, M. ; Jinguji, K. ; Kitoh, T. ; Shibata, T. ; Himeno, A.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonic Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
7/20/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A low-loss flat-top interleave filter with 200 GHz channel spacing is fabricated using planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology. The interleaver has a two-stage lattice structure and demonstrates an insertion loss of 0.9 dB and a 1 dB bandwidth of 140 GHz
Keywords :
lattice filters; optical crosstalk; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; optical losses; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.9 dB; 140 GHz; channel spacing; flat-passband interleave filter; insertion loss; planar lightwave circuit technology; planar lightwave circuit-type lattice structure; two-stage lattice structure;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000939
