Novel multipassband optical filter using all-fiber Michelson-Gires-Tournois structure

Author

Shu, Xuewen ; Sugden, Kate ; Bennion, Ian

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

384

Lastpage

386

Abstract

In this letter, we present novel efficient flat-top multipassband filters based on all-fiber Michelson-Gires-Tournois interferometric (MGTI) structures. Experimentally, we realized two MGTI filters with channel spacings of 100 and 50 GHz, respectively. Compared with the bulk-optic MGTI filters, the proposed all-fiber devices have some additional advantages such as fully compatible with fiber system, low insertion loss, and low cost.

Keywords

band-pass filters; channel spacing; fibre optic sensors; light interferometers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre filters; optical fibre losses; Michelson-Gires-Tournois interferometric structure; all-fiber devices; all-fiber structure; channel spacings; fiber system compatibility; flat-top multipassband filters; low cost; low insertion loss; optical filter; Arm; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Insertion loss; Mirrors; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Passband; Fiber Bragg grating; Michelson–Gires–Tournois interferometer (MGTI); multipassband filter; optical filter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.839014

Filename

1386323