• DocumentCode
    1562107
  • Title

    Rapidly Tunable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer in Ti:LiNbO3 Utilizing Non-polarizing Beam Splitters

  • Author

    Yong-Wook Shin ; Eknoyan, O. ; Madsen, C.K. ; Taylor, H.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A polarization-independent four-port electro-optic tunable filter in the 1530 nm wavelength regime utilizing non-polarizing relaxed beam splitters and strain-induced polarization converters on LiNbO3 with 16nm tuning range and 46 ns tuning speed is reported.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical filters; lithium compounds; multiplexing equipment; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; titanium; LiNbO3:Ti; non-polarizing beam splitters; polarization-independent four-port electro-optic tunable filter; rapidly tunable optical add drop multiplexer; strain-induced polarization converters; Add-drop multiplexers; Frequency conversion; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528713
  • Filename
    4528713