Title :
Reconfigurable monolithic wavelength filter using gated amplifying Mach-Zehnders
Author :
Stabile, R. ; Calabretta, N. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Smit, M.K. ; Williams, K.A.
Author_Institution :
Inter-Univ. Inst. COBRA on Commun. Technol., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A programmable filter is realized using an active Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter and broadband optical gating elements. Coarse- and fine-spectral-tuning over 3.2nm free spectral range is achieved with an extinction ratio exceeding 25dB.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical filters; optical logic; optical tuning; programmable filters; Mach-Zehnder interferometer filter; coarse-spectral-tuning; extinction ratio; fine-spectral-tuning; free spectral range; optical gating elements; programmable filter; reconfigurable monolithic wavelength filter; Logic gates; Microwave filters; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110460
