Influence of Fiber Manufacturing Tolerances on the Spectral Response of a Bend Loss Based All-fiber Edge Filter

Authors

Pengfei Wang, Technological University DublinFollow
Gerald Farrell, Technological University DublinFollow
Yuliya Semenova, Technological University DublinFollow
Ginu Rajan, Technological University Dublin

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Publication Details

Published in Applied Optics, Vol.47, 16, 2008, pp.2921-2925.

Abstract

It is shown that manufacturing tolerances of the fiber parameters bend radius and NA significantly influence the fiber bend loss performance and spectral response of a fiber-based edge filter. A theoretical model, validated by experimental results, is used to determine the changes in key spectral parameters for an edge filter, resulting from changes within their manufacturing tolerance range, for both the bend radius and NA. Finally is shown that bend-radius tuning during fabrication of such filters is a means of mitigating the effect of manufacturing variations.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.002921

Recommended Citation

Wang, P., Farrell, G., Semenova, Y., Rajan, G.: Influence of fiber manufacturing tolerances on the spectral response of a bend loss based all-fiber edge filter. Applied Optics, Vol.47, 16, 2008, pp.2921-2925. doi:10.1364/AO.47.002921

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Enterprise Ireland