Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Plural
Patent
1998-03-03
2000-02-29
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Plural
385 37, 359127, G02B 628
Patent
active
060319488
ABSTRACT:
A structure and method are provided to improve stability and performance of multiplexers in dense WDM applications. A wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) utilizing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder Interferometer has first and second fused-fiber couplers cascaded together by two optical connecting fibers having different optical path lengths. The different path lengths can be attained with connecting fibers of two different lengths or two different refractive indexes. In some embodiments, a portion of a fiber with a different refractive index than either or both connecting fibers is fuse-spliced between a connecting fiber to provide the path length difference. Tension can be applied to the fused-fiber multi-window WDM to obtain the desired passband prior to mounting the WDM within a supporting substrate for protection. A passive thermal compensation technique can be used to minimize the thermal effect on the passband wavelengths for dense WDM applications.
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Applied Fiber Optics, Inc.
Chen Tom
Hao Victoria D.
Lee John D.
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