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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics

Flat-Topped Spectral Response in a Ladder-Type Interferometric Filter

Seok-Hwan JEONG, Shinji MATSUO, Yuzo YOSHIKUNI, Toru SEGAWA, Yoshitaka OHISO, Hiroyuki SUZUKI

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Summary :

We propose and demonstrate a novel ladder interferometric filter that exhibits flat-topped spectral response for use in wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) based photonic networks. We numerically analyze the flattened spectral response in a ladder-type filter by modifying the transfer matrix of ladder interferometer. Conventional parabolic-shaped and flat-topped-designed ladder interferometric filters are fabricated, and characterized. We demonstrate a flat-topped filter response in the fabricated device. The shape factor, which is defined by the ratio of -1 dB bandwidth to -10 dB bandwidth, is improved from 0.32 to 0.54. The tunability and the increase in filter extinction ratio of the proposed device are also discussed.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E88-C No.8 pp.1747-1754
Publication Date
2005/08/01
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DOI
10.1093/ietele/e88-c.8.1747
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Optoelectronics

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