Optical add-drop module with low loss and high isolation
US6577415B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/0206
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical add-drop module (OADM) includes in the through-path exactly two thin-film filters (TFFs) having respective passbands that approximately coincide in wavelength. Each TFF has a respective across-the-band isolation level, representing the smallest isolation achieved at any wavelength within the passband. The respective reflection characteristic curves of the two TFFs are at least partially complementary, such that the OADM isolation level exceeds the logarithmic sum of the across-the-band isolation levels of the respective TFFs.
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