Title :
A new scheme of birefringent optical interleaver employing ring cavity as phase-dispersion element
Author :
Lee, Chao-Wei ; Wang, Ruibo ; Yeh, Pochi ; Cheng, Wood-Hi
Author_Institution :
Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
A new scheme with fewer components and shorter birefringent-crystal length for an optical interleaver using a ring cavity is proposed. A wide 0.5dB passband (0.91 ×bandwidth), a large 25dB stopband (0.78×bandwidth), and a high channel isolation (45dB) are obtained.
Keywords :
Birefringence; Channel spacing; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Passband; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431259
