Title :
Planar waveguide Mach-Zender bandpass filter fabricated with single exposure UV-induced gratings
Author :
Kohnke, Glenn E. ; Erdogan, Turan ; Strasser, Thomas A. ; White, Alice E. ; Milbrodt, Michele A. ; Henry, Charles H. ; Laskowski, Edward J.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Future optical fiber communication systems employing wavelength-division multiplexing will require narrow bandwidth multiplexing and demultiplexing components with good isolation and cross talk performance and minimal insertion loss. Mach-Zehnder interferometers containing UV-induced Bragg gratings have previously been demonstrated for use as a wavelength-multiplexing /demultiplexing device in planar waveguides. Bandpass filters are presented here which exhibit good performance without requiring any interferometer balancing after writing the gratings.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; band-pass filters; demultiplexing; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical isolators; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide components; wavelength division multiplexing; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; UV-induced Bragg gratings; bandpass filters; cross talk performance; demultiplexing components; good isolation; minimal insertion loss; narrow bandwidth multiplexing; optical fiber communication systems; planar waveguide Mach-Zender bandpass filter fabrication; single exposure UV-induced gratings; wavelength-division multiplexing; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Demultiplexing; Gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Performance loss; Planar waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-422-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1996.908291
