Title :
Design of directional couplers for wavelength flattened Michelson interferometers
Author :
Tormen, M. ; Cherchi, M.
Author_Institution :
Centre Suisse d´´Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Abstract :
The combination of an analytical approach with a geometrical representation, allows us to derive a rigorous general criterion to design wavelength insensitive interferometers with mirror symmetry, which are needed for wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing using Bragg grating Mach-Zehnder add/drop filters. Numerical simulations corroborate the analytical results.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Michelson interferometers; demultiplexing; mirrors; multiplexing; optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical filters; Bragg grating; Mach-Zehnder add/drop filters; directional coupler design; mirror symmetry; wavelength demultiplexing; wavelength flattened Michelson interferometers; wavelength multiplexing; Band pass filters; Bragg gratings; Demultiplexing; Directional couplers; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Mirrors; Numerical simulation; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Fibres and Optical Passive Components, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8949-2
DOI :
10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462156
