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Cascaded Solid Spaced Filters for DWDM applications. J. Floriot, F. Lemarchand, M. Lequime. Narrow Bandpass filters: Requirements. Transmittance. Example: 50GHz Dl - 0.5db > 0.22nm Dl -3db < 0.3nm Dl -20db < 0.6nm. l. sharpness. -0.5 dB. -3 dB. Steepness / shape factor. -20 dB.
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Cascaded Solid Spaced Filters for DWDM applications J. Floriot, F. Lemarchand, M. Lequime
Narrow Bandpass filters: Requirements Transmittance Example: 50GHz Dl -0.5db > 0.22nm Dl -3db < 0.3nm Dl-20db < 0.6nm l sharpness -0.5 dB -3 dB Steepness / shape factor -20 dB Isolation band 1528-1568nm
Fabry Perot Cavities Spacer layer Incident Light T() R() substrate Mirror Mirror Narrowing the bandwidth Higher Spacer thickness Or Better mirror reflectance
Single FP cavities nL = 1.46 / nH = 2.09 35 layers – 17 layer mirrors – 2.12µm spacer 27 layers – 13 layer mirrors – 11.68µm spacer 15 layers – 7 layers mirrors – 107.22µm spacer
Solid Spaced Filters Dielectric mirrors5 to 7 layers T() FSR Wafer thickness Transparent wafer 50 -150µm thick Low Absorption, low scattering Level, few sensitive to deposition errors
Cascaded Solid Spaced Filters air gap T()
Experimental Demonstration: 2 fused silica wafers < 3 arc-second < 3 arc-second 108.7µm 146.0µm 1.443 1.443 Refractive index @ 0 0 = 1560.86 nm 402L 540L Both Sides Coated : 5 layer Ta2O5 / SiO2 IAD mirrors
Measurement set-up tunable laser source InGaAs Photodiode + amplifier+ DAC lightpathTMcollimators 1520 – 1570 nm = 10 pm w0 = 250µm
-3db = 0.79nm Tmax = 99.9% -3db =0.55 Tmax = 98.9% Residual Transmission Level = -16dB
-3db =0.47 Tmax = 98.1%
Triple Cavity Filters • howextending the rejection band ?
Use of a blocking filter BW2 >>BW1 BW1
Different Phase Dependence Mirrors M1 M1 M2 M2 RM1()RM2 () But M1 () ≠ M2 () FSR1 ≠ FSR2
Conclusion Number of layers errors sensitivity Absorption, scattering Rejection Band Vs ? low high low high low high reduced broad • Compactness Optical contacting