Transmission wavelength tuning in a stabilized fiber-optic interferometer filter

Author

Joou Tae Ahn ; Hak Kyu Lee ; Min-Yong Jeon ; Dong Sung Lim ; Kyong Hon Kim

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

523

Abstract

Many efforts have been paid to develop fiber-optic interferometer filters for WDM applications. Even though several stabilization schemes have been attempted, there is no report made on a scheme offering continuous wavelength tunability. We report the first successful demonstration, to our knowledge, of continuous tuning of transmission wavelength peaks in a stabilized fiber-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) filter.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; fibre optic sensors; optical directional couplers; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre filters; optical tuning; stability; WDM applications; continuous tuning; continuous wavelength tunability; fiber-optic interferometer filters; stabilization schemes; stabilized fiber-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter; stabilized fiber-optic interferometer filter; transmission wavelength peaks; transmission wavelength tuning; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical tuning; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811551

Filename

811551