Four-port optical filter fabricated from tapered optical fiber

Details Four-port optical filter fabricated from tapered optical fiber Four-port optical filter fabricated from tapered optical fiber

2006-10-05

2008-09-30

Wood, Kevin S (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Particular coupling function

C385S032000, C372S094000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07430348

ABSTRACT:
A four-port optical filter is provided including two tapered optical fibers, each having a loop in the area of their tapered portions, which are located relative to one another to form a ring resonator. The optical filter has a low Q with a broadband filter response which is useful as a channel interleaver or de-interleaver for dense wavelength division multiplexing and other applications.

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