Title :
Recent Advances of All-Fiber Tunable Filter and Its Applications to Reconfigurable WDM Add/Drop Module and Tunable Receiver
Author :
Yin, Stuart ; Lee, Jon ; Chen, Qin ; Zhang, Qiming ; Reichard, Karl ; Mazurowski, John ; Ditto, Dave ; Hackert, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, we report our recent progress in the development of all-fiber tunable filters and their applications to a reconfigurable WDM add/drop module and tunable receiver. The major advances on tunable filters include (1) developing a precise-four layer model that provides a very useful guide for the filter design and fabrication, (2) designing and synthesizing nanocomposite electro-optic polymers so that one can not only tune the refractive index of the polymer via electro-optic polymer but can also adjust the biasing point of the refractive index via controlling the concentrations of nanoparticles
Keywords :
electro-optical filters; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; optical polymers; optical receivers; refractive index; wavelength division multiplexing; all-fiber tunable filter; nanocomposite electro-optic polymers; nanoparticles; precise-four layer model; reconfigurable WDM add/drop module; refractive index; tunable receiver; Analytical models; Electrodes; Fabrication; Filters; Indium tin oxide; Nanoparticles; Polymers; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2006. IEEE Conference
Conference_Location :
Annapolis, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0408-8
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2006.1707501
