Novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure for tunable optical interleaver

Juan Zhang; Liren Liu

doi:10.1117/1.2190223

1 April 2006 Novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure for tunable optical interleaver

Juan Zhang, Liren Liu

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 4, 045003 (April 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2190223

Abstract

A novel optical interleaver scheme based on nested optical glass pairs is proposed. The assembly of pairs behaves as a cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The interleaver, with simple structure, low cost, and compact size, can be easily implemented with inexpensive material and mature preparation technology. Small channel spacing (≤50 GHz), high isolation (<–30 dB), a wide, flat passband and stop band (>2/11 period), and center-frequency tunability can be obtained simultaneously. An optimum design of a 50-GHz tunable interleaver based on this structure is given as an example. Its environmental temperature sensitivity and fabrication tolerance are also analyzed.

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Juan Zhang and Liren Liu "Novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure for tunable optical interleaver," Optical Engineering 45(4), 045003 (1 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2190223

Published: 1 April 2006

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