Abstract
A cost-effective, high-performance ultrafast tunable optical filter is proposed to enable a wide-scale implementation of wavelength division multiplexing packet-switched systems. This filter is based on optical interferometric process which carried on in a fiber loop configuration. By interfering the optical signal with its delayed replica, the output spectrum characteristics can be controlled and can operate as an optical narrow bandpass filter. The proposed configuration can operate as an ultrafast tunable filter, with tuning times of less than a nanosecond through the use of available fast phase modulators.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | CWF65 |
| Pages (from-to) | 265-266 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
| Volume | 11 |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: 18 May 1997 → 23 May 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering