Theoretical and experimental characterization of a double coupler fiber-optic delay line filter employing an optical amplifier

Author

Capmany, J. ; Sales, S. ; Pastor, D. ; Marti, J. ; Cascón, J.

Author_Institution

ETSI Telecomunicacion, Valencia, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

248

Abstract

A novel class of fiber-optic all-optical filters which employ optical amplifiers is attracting considerable attention due to the possibility of obtaining reconfigurable structures with unique spectral characteristics not attainable with passive configurations. We present what to the best of our knowledge is the first complete theoretical and experimental characterization (modulus, phase and group delay) of a delay line fibre-optic active filter. The experimental results are in good agreement with those of the theory

Keywords

optical fibre filters; active filter; all-optical filter; double coupler fiber-optic delay line filter; group delay; modulus; optical amplifier; phase delay; reconfigurable structure; spectral characteristics; Active filters; Delay lines; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber theory; Optical filters; Passive filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1470-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586986

Filename

586986