IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION SPECTRA OF TUNABLE WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE LIQUID-CRYSTAL FABRY-PEROT-INTERFEROMETER FILTERS

被引:1
作者
HIRABAYASHI, K [1 ]
KUROKAWA, T [1 ]
机构
[1] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, OPTOELECTR LABS, ATSUGI, KANAGAWA 24301, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1993年 / 32卷 / 10A期
关键词
TUNABLE FILTER; FABRY-PEROT; WDM; LIQUID-CRYSTAL;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.32.L1425
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A reflection-type tunable liquid-crystal Fabry-Perot filter, in which the input light beam passes through a cell twice after reflection by a mirror, is shown to have improved transmission characteristics. Simulation and experimental results show that this is an effective way to decrease the cross talk between neighboring channels, even though there is a slight increase in loss due to the double pass and the mirror. When these filters are applied to wavelength division multiplexing systems with analog-amplitude modulation, they increase the channel capacity to three times the original value.
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页码:L1425 / L1428
页数:4
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