• DocumentCode
    3451736
  • Title

    Broadband box-like filters using tapered waveguides

  • Author

    Chu, S.T. ; Pan, W. ; Kato, T. ; Kaneko, T. ; Kokubun, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Kanagawa Acad. of Sci. & Technol., Kawasaki, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
  • Firstpage
    1145
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated a broadband vertical coupler filter utilizing adiabatic coupling. The chirp along the device is provided with a tapered waveguide. The FWHM of the fabricated device is 60.4 nm, which is wide enough to cover the EDFA window.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; ARROW waveguide; WDM systems; adiabatic coupling; broadband box-like filters; chirping; directional coupler; ridge waveguide; tapered waveguides; vertical coupler filter; Band pass filters; Chirp; Couplings; Directional couplers; Glass; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical waveguides; Passband; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5661-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.814705
  • Filename
    814705