Title :
Influence of temperature and stress on transmission characteristics of narrow bandpass filters for DWDM
Author :
Tei-Chen Chen ; Jing-I Kuo ; Wei-Lung Lee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
An analytical model is developed to evaluate the effects of uniform and non-uniform temperature rises as well as stress level on the optical characteristics of three-cavity subnanometer bandpass filters made by TiO/sub 2/ and SiO/sub 2/ film materials.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical communication equipment; optical films; optical resonators; optical waveguide filters; silicon compounds; thermo-optical effects; titanium compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; SiO/sub 2/; TiO/sub 2/; analytical model; narrow bandpass filters; nonuniform temperature rises; optical characteristics; optical film materials; stress; stress level; temperature; three-cavity subnanometer bandpass filters; transmission characteristics; uniform temperature rises; Band pass filters; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Temperature; Thermal stresses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970966
