Rapidly tunable optical add-drop multiplexer utilising relaxed beam splitters
Rapidly tunable optical add-drop multiplexer utilising relaxed beam splitters
- Author(s): Y.-W. Shin ; O. Eknoyan ; C.K. Madsen ; H.F. Taylor
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20072767
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- Author(s): Y.-W. Shin 1 ; O. Eknoyan 1 ; C.K. Madsen 1 ; H.F. Taylor 1
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1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
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1: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
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Volume 43, Issue 25,
6 December 2007,
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1428 – 1430
DOI: 10.1049/el:20072767 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
A polarisation-independent four-port electro-optic tunable filter in the 1530 nm wavelength regime utilising non-polarising relaxed beam splitters and strain-induced polarisation converters on LiNbO3 with 16 nm tuning range and 46 ns tuning speed is reported.
Inspec keywords: niobium compounds; lithium compounds; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; multiplexing equipment; electro-optical filters
Other keywords: wavelength 1530 nm; relaxed beam splitters; LiNbO3; optical add-drop multiplexer; electro-optic tunable filter; strain-induced polarisation converters
Subjects: Multiplexing and switching in optical communication; Electro-optical devices; Optical communication devices, equipment and systems; Optical beam splitters; Optical coatings and filters; Spectral and other filters
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