Novel tunable optical filter employing a fiber loop mirror for synthesis applications in WDM

Author

Vargas, S. ; Vázquez, C. ; Pena, J.M.S.

Author_Institution

Grupo de Displays y Aplicaciones Fotonicas, Univ. Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

899

Abstract

A novel optical filter employing a fiber loop mirror within an amplified ring resonator is presented. The fiber loop mirror allows tuning by changing the coupling factor of a coupler. The device can be used as a building block to synthesize optical filters, as previously reported, saving components

Keywords

Butterworth filters; Z transforms; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre filters; optical resonators; optical transfer function; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; Butterworth optical filters; WDM; Z transform; amplified ring resonator; complex conjugated poles; coupler losses; coupling factor change; fiber loop mirror; free spectral range; optical filter synthesis; pole functions; transfer functions; tunable optical filter; zero functions; Mirrors; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Stimulated emission; Transfer functions; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969107

Filename

969107