Optical waveguiding component comprising a band-pass filter
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1. Apparatus comprising an optical filter for selectively transmitting electromagnetic radiation within a passband of wavelengths that is bounded on respective sides by first and second stop bands of relatively low transmissivity, wherein:
- a) the filter comprises a glass waveguiding medium having a core characterized by a core refractive index;
b) the filter further comprises a set of one or more Bragg gratings formed in the medium, each grating at least partly defined by a repetitive pattern of perturbations of the core refractive index;
c) associated with the set of gratings are at least two wavelength bands of relatively low transmissivity;
d) each of said low-transmissivity bands coincides with at least a portion of a respective one of the stop bands;
e) at least one of the low-transmissivity bands is a reflection band of a Bragg grating;
f) the passband is broad enough to substantially transmit a signal channel at least 5 Å
wide;
g) the transmission of at least some wavelengths in each of the low-transmissivity bands is at least 10 dB below the peak transmission in the passband; and
h) the first and second stop bands are each broad enough to substantially exclude wavelengths over a range of at least 10 Å
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Abstract
An optical filter is adapted for selectively transmitting electromagnetic radiation within a wavelength passband bounded by a pair of stop bands of relatively low transmissivity. The filter includes at least one Bragg grating formed in a waveguiding optical medium. The Bragg grating has at least one wavelength band of relatively low transmissivity. This low-transmissivity band corresponds to at least a portion of one of the stop bands of the filter.
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14 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising an optical filter for selectively transmitting electromagnetic radiation within a passband of wavelengths that is bounded on respective sides by first and second stop bands of relatively low transmissivity, wherein:
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a) the filter comprises a glass waveguiding medium having a core characterized by a core refractive index; b) the filter further comprises a set of one or more Bragg gratings formed in the medium, each grating at least partly defined by a repetitive pattern of perturbations of the core refractive index; c) associated with the set of gratings are at least two wavelength bands of relatively low transmissivity; d) each of said low-transmissivity bands coincides with at least a portion of a respective one of the stop bands; e) at least one of the low-transmissivity bands is a reflection band of a Bragg grating; f) the passband is broad enough to substantially transmit a signal channel at least 5 Å
wide;g) the transmission of at least some wavelengths in each of the low-transmissivity bands is at least 10 dB below the peak transmission in the passband; and h) the first and second stop bands are each broad enough to substantially exclude wavelengths over a range of at least 10 Å
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11. Apparatus comprising an optical filter for selectively transmitting electromagnetic radiation within a passband of wavelengths that is bounded on respective sides by first and second stop bands of relatively low transmissivity, wherein:
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a) the filter comprises a glass waveguiding medium having a core characterized by a core refractive index; b) the filter further comprises a set of one or more Bragg gratings formed in the medium, each grating at least partly defined by a repetitive pattern of perturbations of the core refractive index; c) associated with the set of gratings are at least two wavelength bands of relatively low transmissivity; d) each of said low-transmissivity bands coincides with at least a portion of a respective one of the stop bands; e) the passband is broad enough to transmit a signal channel at least 5 Å
wide;f) the transmission of at least some wavelengths in each of the low-transmissivity bands is at least 10 dB below the peak transmission in the passband; g) the set of gratings comprises at least one Bragg grating, to be referred to as a radiative grating, adapted to reflect a first range of wavelengths such that the reflected radiation is substantially guided within the waveguiding medium, and further adapted to cause a second range of wavelengths to be radiated out of the waveguiding medium; h) at least a portion of the first stop band corresponds to the first of said wavelength ranges; and i) at least a portion of the second stop band corresponds to the second of said wavelength ranges. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An optical transmission system having plural signal channels, each characterized by a respective range of wavelengths, said transmission system comprising an optical filter having a spectral pass band for selectively transmitting at least one channel and first and second spectral stop bands for attenuating optical transmissions at wavelengths respectively below and above the selected channel, wherein:
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a) the filter comprises a glass waveguiding medium having a core characterized by a core refractive index; b) the filter further comprises a set of one or more Bragg gratings formed in the medium, each grating at least partly defined by a repetitive pattern of perturbations of the core refractive index; c) associated with the set of gratings are at least two wavelength bands of relatively low transmissivity; d) each of said low-transmissivity bands coincides with at least a portion of a respective one of the stop bands; e) at least one of the low-transmissivity bands is a reflection band of a Bragg grating; f) the passband is broad enough to transmit a signal channel at least 5 Å
wide; andg) the transmission of at least some wavelengths in each of the low-transmissivity bands is at least 10 dB below the peak transmission in the passband.
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