Title :
Compactly folded waveguide-type interleave filter with stabilized couplers
Author :
Oguma, M. ; Kitoh, T. ; Inoue, Y. ; Mizuno, T. ; Shibata, T. ; Kohtoku, M. ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We employed our proposed stabilized coupler and folded configuration for use as a 50 GHz channel spacing waveguide-type interleave filter. In spite of its compact layout, it exhibited satisfactory demultiplexing properties including chromatic dispersion.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical waveguide filters; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; GHz channel spacing waveguide-type interleave filter; chromatic dispersion; compact layout; demultiplexing properties; dense WDM signal division; folded configuration; stabilized coupler; Couplings; Delay lines; Directional couplers; Fabrication; Lattices; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Propagation delay; Waveguide discontinuities; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036210
