ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF OPTICAL LATTICE FILTERS IN THE PRESENCE OF IMPERFECTIONS

We analyze the operation of optical lattice filters in the presence of such practical imperfections as losses, and finite mirror reflectivit y specification. Our test case of interest is the class of multi-mirro r structures which transform a single short pulse into a very high fre quency burst of short pulses. In addition to understanding the effects of these losses, we show how to redesign these multi-mirror structure s to achieve locally optimal performance in the presence of losses. Th e effects of phase errors on pulse train shape are also studied.