IMPROVED LINBO3 TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCING SIDELOBE ASYMMETRY IN MODE CONVERTER-BASED WAVELENGTH FILTERS

Authors
CHOLLET F GOEDGEBUER JP
Citation
F. Chollet et Jp. Goedgebuer, IMPROVED LINBO3 TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCING SIDELOBE ASYMMETRY IN MODE CONVERTER-BASED WAVELENGTH FILTERS, JPN J A P 2, 37(8B), 1998, pp. 979-981
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
8B
Year of publication
1998
Pages
979 - 981
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We present an experimental explanation of the sidelobe amplitude incre ase generally observed in LiNbO3 polarization converter-based waveleng th filters. We propose a simple improved LiNbO3 process to avoid this problem and show experimental results that confirm our hypothesis.