Realization of an optical communication tunable filter using a diffraction-based optical system

Gal Shohet, Zeev Zalevsky, Emanuel Marom

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Abstract

Optical bandpass tunable filters are key elements for dense WDM optical communication systems. Recently, a realization of optical linear transformation using a spatial diffraction optical system was presented and theoretically analyzed [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21, 732 (2004)]. We present an optical bandpass tunable filter based on this optical system and a spatial light modulator. The mathematical analysis and additional computer simulations for testing the filter's basic parameters using the Fresnel diffraction theory are presented. Some newly obtained laboratory experimental results of the device in the optical visible spectrum will be shown.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)179-187
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2007

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