Title :
Tunable add/drop optical filter providing arbitrary channel arrangements
Author_Institution :
Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A novel add/drop optical filter providing arbitrary channel arrangements between two input wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signals and two output WDM signals is presented. This device can have useful applications in WDM optical communication systems.<>
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical filters; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical communication systems; arbitrary channel arrangements; input WDM signals; input wavelength division multiplexing signals; output WDM signals; tunable add/drop optical filter; Costs; Coupling circuits; Gratings; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical switches; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
