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Polarizationindependent tunable optical filters using. Development of tunable optical filters for interrogation. The filter centre frequency is also controllable with 1 ghz increments. Polarization pulling of the sbsamplified signal wave is used to increase the selectivity of the filters to 30 db.
Filter is a device which is allows some signal to pass and stop others. Polarizationindependent tunable optical filter with. The transmission band is formed by the superposition of the polarized channel. It is most suited for integrating high end products or for research and education purposes in. The most desirable characteristic for a tunable optical filter is the reconfigurability in both the central wavelength and the 3 db bandwidth, which meets the need for dynamic channel allocation to increase the spectral efficiency and. The tfn provides excellent sideband filtering and carrier suppression, making this tunable filter ideal for rf over fiber and advanced fiberoptic sensing. Optical cross connects in addition there are a number of important support components that also must be developed. In recent years, research efforts have focused on miniaturizing tunable optical. Tunable optical filters have a wide range of applications, including spectroscopy, optical communication networks, remote sensing, and biomedical imaging and diagnostics.