Optical all-pass filters for phase response design with applications for dispersion compensation Academic Article

abstract

• Lossless all-pass optical filters are introduced, which can approximate any desired phase response while maintaining a constant, unity amplitude response. Architectures using cascade and lattice structures based on ring resonators and cavities defined by reflectors are discussed. Two applications are presented: 1) for fiber dispersion compensation and 2) for compensation of the nonlinear phase response of narrow bandpass optical filters such as thin-film or Bragg grating filters. All orders of dispersion can be compensated in principle, and the filters are periodic so multiple channels can be compensated with a single device. The architectures are very compact compared to alternatives such as chirped Bragg gratings.

authors

• Madsen, Christi

published proceedings

• IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

altmetric score

• 9

author list (cited authors)

• Madsen, C. K., & Lenz, G.

citation count

• 203

complete list of authors

• Madsen, CK||Lenz, G

publication date

• July 1998

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Photonics Technology Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/68.681295

start page

• 994

end page

• 996

volume

• 10

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/68.681295