Title :
Tunable InP/air gap Fabry Perot filter for wavelength division multiplex fiber optical transmission
Author :
Daleiden, J. ; Chitica, N. ; Strassner, M. ; Spisser, A. ; Leclercq, J.L. ; Viktorovitch, P. ; Rondi, D. ; Goutin, E. ; Peerlings, J. ; Pfeiffer, J. ; Riemenschneider, R. ; Hjort, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
An InP-based widely tunable and highly selective surface micromachined Fabry Perot filter for λ=1.55 μm is demonstrated. We present for the first time transmission measurements in a fiber-to-fiber setup and show that the devices are compatible with the demands of WDM optical fiber transmission. The full width at half maximum of the device is approximately 0:4 nm with an insertion loss of -3 dB. The crosstalk to a 1.6 nm spaced channel is -20 dB. The entire tuning range is 62 nm for an actuation voltage of 14 V whereas the FWHM is kept below 1 nm over a 40 nm tuning range
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical filters; wavelength division multiplexing; -3 dB; 1.55 mum; 14 V; InP; WDM; actuation voltage; crosstalk; fiber-to-fiber setup; full width at half maximum; highly selective surface micromachined Fabry Perot filter; insertion loss; transmission measurements; tunable InP/air gap Fabry Perot filter; tuning range; wavelength division multiplex fiber optical transmission; Indium phosphide; Insertion loss; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Time measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 1999. IPRM. 1999 Eleventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Davos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5562-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.1999.773690
