Title :
Cyclic and rectangular passband optical bandpass filter using AWG pair
Author :
Kasahara, R. ; Inoue, Y. ; Ishii, M. ; Hirano, A. ; Miyamoto, Y. ; Takahashi, H. ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fDate :
6/12/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel optical bandpass filter is proposed that consists of an arrayed-waveguide grating pair and an optical slit. A 200 GHz cyclic and 40 GHz passband optical filter using the proposed configuration, which is useful for WDM single sideband filtering, is successfully demonstrated.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; band-pass filters; optical communication equipment; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; 200 GHz; 40 GHz; AWG pair; WDM single sideband filtering; arrayed-waveguide grating pair; large-capacity transmission systems; optical bandpass filter; optical slit;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030578
