USE OF MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS TO BROADEN THE PASSBAND OF WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE INTEGRATED WDM FILTERS

Authors
SOOLE JBD AMERSFOORT MR LEBLANC HP ANDREADAKIS NC RAJHEL A CANEAU C BHAT R KOZA MA YOUTSEY C ADESIDA I
Citation
Jbd. Soole et al., USE OF MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS TO BROADEN THE PASSBAND OF WAVELENGTH-DISPERSIVE INTEGRATED WDM FILTERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(10), 1996, pp. 1340-1342
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1340 - 1342
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:10<1340:UOMICT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We describe how multimode interference couplers (MMI) may be used to b roaden and flatten the passband of integrated wavelength-dispersive fi lters. We discuss the approach and demonstrate ifs effectiveness with a passband-broadened InP arrayed waveguide filter operating at 1.5 mu m.