Multiple narrow bandpass optical filters based on one-dimensional rugate photonic structures of two periodicities

A theoretical analysis of a design of multiple narrow bandpass filters based on one-dimensional (1D) rugate photonic structures with a period jump defect is presented. The optical properties, including transmittance and energy density distributions, are numerically calculated using the propagation matrix method. Our results show that multiple resonance transmission modes are produced when the period jump defect is introduced into the 1D rugate film. Both blueshift and redshift of the stop band of the rugate structure and wavelengths of resonant modes are observed, depending on the change of period jump. The number, the wavelengths, the band intervals, and the intensities of multiple resonance transmission modes are tunable by adjusting structure parameters of the rugate structure. Experimental feasibility of the proposed multiple narrow bandpass optical filters using the technique of glancing angle deposition is also discussed.     

基于带通滤波片的激光二极管自混频纳米颗粒干涉测量技术

激光二极管自混频技术可用于纳米颗粒的测量,采用多通道带通滤波技术分别测量了180,100,60nm三种纳米颗粒,获得自混频信号的频带功率谱(PS-BPF)。作为比较,对实时提取的自混频信号进行傅里叶变换得到功率谱密度(PSD)函数。分别对PSD函数和PS-BPF反演计算得到颗粒粒径分布。结果显示:两种方法得到的颗粒粒径分布基本一致,并与商用仪器测试结果吻合。对两种处理方式的模式矩阵分析表明,多通道带通滤波技术明显优于PSD函数处理方式。     

Synthesis of bandpass grid filter for linear polarized millimeter wave

A method based on equivalent circuit and transmission line model is proposed to design narrow bandpass grid filters in short millimeter wave. Several bandpass filters with 2, 3 or 4 element inductive wire grids in the 70GHz region have been designed with Butterworth or Chebyshev characteristic for linear polarized wave. The agreement between measurement and design theory is good and this proves the rationality and practicality of our design theory.     

Low-pass rugate spatial filters for beam smoothing

A new application of rugate structures is proposed as low-pass spatial filters for beam smoothing. By using the transfer matrix method to analyze the spatial properties of the bandgap of rugate structures, the low-pass rugate spatial filters with both an almost ideal flat bandpass and a rather steep switching between pass- and stop-bands are designed. The angle-domain bandwidth of the spatial filters can be adjusted by changing the parameters of rugate structures for a given light frequency. The near-field simulations carried out by using the finite-difference time-domain technique confirm the possibility of an efficient light smoothing.     

Microwave Fractal Bandpass Filters Based on Modified Hilbert Curves of the First and the Second Orders

The microwave fractal bandpass filters based on modified Hilbert shaped curves of the first and second fractal orders are experimentally and numerically analyzed. As a substrate Al₂O₃ ceramic covered by the thin silver layer with thickness of 50 μm was used. The laser patterning technique was used to design the structures of filters. The filter based on the Hilbert curve of the first order has resonance at ～4.01 GHz, while the filter based on the second order Hilbert curve has resonances at ～3.09 and ～6.34 GHz. The estimated loaded Q-factor of the filter based on the first order Hilbert curve was ～94. The electromagnetic field distribution of the filter was visualized by using the thermo-elastic optical indicator microscopy.     

一种双反射壁型二维光子晶体窄带滤波器

提出了一种基于双反射壁型结构的光子晶体窄带滤波器, 该滤波器由一个单模谐振腔和两个反射壁构成. 通过调节谐振腔与反射壁之间的距离可以改变滤波谱线的带宽. 利用时域有限差分法进行仿真分析, 结果表明, 该滤波器的工作频率在193.40 THz附近, 带宽小于5.9 GHz, 峰值透射率高达94%, 工作区域长度仅有9 μm. 该器件可应用于密集波分复用系统.     

Broadly wavelength tunable bandpass filters based on long-range surface plasmon polaritons

We report a new kind of broadly tunable optical bandpass filters based on unusual properties of long-range surface plasmon polaritons. A 0.004 variation in the refractive index of the dielectric medium translates into 210 nm of bandpass tuning at telecom wavelengths. The tuning mechanism reported here may be used to create compact and widely tunable optical systems and other plasmonic components with broadly tunable optical response.     

Graphical design of millimeter-wave finline bandpass filters

A very simple yet accurate design procedure for the finline bandpass filters at millimeter wavelengths is presented. The technique enables the geometry of finline bandpass filters to be obtained accurately from simple closed-form equations and curves. Using this graphical approach, various millimeter-wave finline bandpass filters have been designed. Results in V-band (50 to 75 GHz) and W-band (75 to 110 GHz) are presented and indicate a good agreement between the calculated and measured performances.     

Modification of the structure of bandpass reflection interference filters

Spectral properties of bandpass reflection interference filters, whose components represent interference transmission cutoff short-and long-wavelength filters, are studied. It is shown that the use of transmission cutoff filters provides a uniform suppression of background outside the transmission band of a bandpass reflection filter. A reflection filter becomes a virtually ideal polarizer for radiation incident on the surfaces inside a filter at angles of 35° and greater.     

Bandpass filters based on pi-shifted long-period fiber gratings for actively mode-locked erbium fiber lasers

We have fabricated bandpass filters based on pi-shifted long-period gratings for application in actively mode-locked erbium fiber lasers. Introducing the pi-phase shift in the middle of the grating opens a bandpass within the core-cladding mode resonance peaks. With a 22-nm bandwidth filter inserted in an actively mode-locked erbium fiber sigma laser, solitonlike pulses are generated, with a power-dependent duration of approximately 3-5 ps , at a 3-GHz repetition rate. These all-fiber filters have the advantages of low insertion loss (<0.5 dB) and a wide bandwidth (10-20 nm), and they do not require that a circulator be inserted into the laser cavity.     

On-chip optical filters with designable characteristics based on an interferometer with embedded silicon photonic structures

We demonstrate chip-scale flat-top filters at near-IR wavelengths using negative index photonic crystal based Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Supported by full three-dimensional numerical simulations, we experimentally demonstrate a new approach for engineering high-pass, low-pass, bandpass, and band-reject filters, based on designing the photonic band diagram both within the bandgap frequency region and away from it. We further show that our approach can be used to design filters that have tunable multilevel response for different sections of the spectrum and for different polarizations. This configuration enables deterministic control of the bandwidth and the rejection ratio of filters for integrated photonic circuits.     

Split spectrum processing: a new filtering approach for improved signal-to-noise ratio enhancement of ultrasonic signals

Split spectrum processing is a frequency diversity technique used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of ultrasonic signals. Traditionally, many Gaussian bandpass filters are used to achieve frequency diversity. This paper introduces an alternative method of obtaining frequency diversity wherein raised-cosine bandpass filters with flat-tops are recommended for use. The reasoning behind the use of raised-cosine filters is outlined. Experimental results are provided to demonstrate the advantages of the raised-cosine filters over Gaussian filters. Finally, the limitation of the new filters is experimentally shown.     

包含源与负载耦合的滤波器诊断与调试方法

柯西法目前仅适用于诊断不包含源与负载耦合的带通滤波器。为解决这一问题,提出了一种能够诊断包含源与负载耦合的带通、带阻谐振腔滤波器的方法。利用遗传算法优化获得源与负载耦合系数并移除滤波器输入/输出端口处传输线引起的S参数的相位加载效应;使用柯西法一步确定仿真S参数对应的特征多项式;从获得的源与负载耦合系数和特征多项式中,利用已有的技术诊断出N+2阶耦合矩阵。此方法可用于指导滤波器的调试,通过对比理想的耦合矩阵与提取的耦合矩阵之间的差异,可确定滤波器问题出自何处以及调试的方向,从而加快滤波器的设计与实现。     

Periodically Poled Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Wavelength Filters Utilizing Šolc-Type TE↔TM Mode Converters

Abstract

?olc-type wavelength filters have been demonstrated in a 52-mm long periodically poled titanium-diffused lithium niobate channel waveguide with a domain period of 16.6 μm. At room temperature, the center wavelength and the full-width at half maximum of the filter were about 1,272.49 nm and 0.23 nm, respectively. The nearest side-lobe is about 7 dB. New structures of flat-top bandpass filters and an optical add/drop multiplexer utilizing ?olc-type TE?TM mode converters are proposed for the first time.     

Reconfigurable silicon filter with continuous bandwidth tunability

We present the design and the fabrication of compact tunable silicon-on-insulator bandpass filters based on the integration of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with ring resonators and activated via thermo-optic phase shifters. The proposed architecture provides wide filter bandwidth tunability from 10% to 90% of the free spectral range preserving the filter off-band rejection. Possible applications are channel subset selection in wavelength division multiplexing optical systems, adaptive filtering to signal bandwidth, and reconfigurable filters for gridless networking.     

Lateralization of complex binaural stimuli: a weighted-image model

This article describes a new model that predicts the subjective lateral position of bandpass stimuli. It is assumed, as in other models, that stimuli are bandpass filtered and rectified, and that the rectified outputs of filters with matching center frequencies undergo interaural cross correlation. The model specifies and utilizes the shape and location of assumed patterns of neural activity that describe the cross-correlation function. Individual modes of this function receive greater weighting if they are straighter (describing consistent interaural delay over frequency) and/or more central (describing interaural delays of smaller magnitude). This weighting of straightness and centrality is used by the model to predict the perceived laterality of several types of low-frequency bandpass stimuli with interaural time delays and/or phase shifts, including bandpass noise, amplitude-modulated stimuli with time-delayed envelopes, and bandpass-filtered clicks. This model is compared to other theories that describe lateralization in terms of the relative contributions of information in the envelopes and fine structures of binaural stimuli.     

Transmission characteristics of multilayer films composed of electro-optic and dielectric materials

We describe the theoretical evaluation for the transmission characteristics of multilayer films composed of periodic electro-optic and dielectric materials in a variable electric field. The films are assumed to have cavity-type layer stacking structures, which work as a narrow bandpass filter, and their electro-optic material is uni-axial BaTiO₃, whose electro-optic coefficient r₅₁ is larger than 1300 pm/V. The evaluation indicates that films composed of BaTiO₃ and SiO₂ or MgO function as tunable optical bandpass filters, with a tunable range larger than 6 nm for an electric field of less than 4 V/μm.     

具有鲁棒性的矩形窄带滤光片的自动设计

分析了用于WDM光纤通信系统的全介质多腔窄带滤光片的膜系结构特点及其所必须具备的光学特性,提出了一种利用最优化方法的原理,通过计算机寻优来自动完成其膜系设计的方法;构造了合理的评价函数,编制了可自动搜索既满足设计目标、又具有鲁棒性的最优化膜系的计算机程序;使用本程序所设计出的多腔窄带滤光片具有较小的纹波系数和较好的矩形度,可满足WDM光纤通信系统对其分波/复波器的要求.     

红外中带滤光片的结构、带宽估算及调整

中波红外波段在航天、气象、遥感等领域有着重要的应用，为了提高信噪比，系统中经常使用高质量的红外中带滤光片。相对带宽是红外中带滤光片重要的指标，主要取决于光学薄膜的膜系结构和具体设计。首先给出双截止组合型、F-P型、多半波型等几种膜系结构，归纳了相对带宽估算公式。同时从实用性出发，对一些具体膜系结构进行了相对带宽估算和综合分析，结果表明多半波结构最为可行。针对多半波结构，提出了间隔层膜料和光学厚度的选择、采用等效膜、调整膜层折射率等相对带宽调整的方法。最后，利用上述相对带宽调整方法对红外中带滤光片进行了设计，给出了实际镀制结果，滤光片相对带宽指标满足设计要求。     

Spectral tuning of InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot infrared photodetectors with bandpass guided‐mode resonance filters

Quantum dot infrared photodetectors can be coupled with micro‐structured filters to create narrowband sensors. Guided‐mode resonance filters based on a high‐index dielectric slab can exhibit bandpass characteristics that are suitable for monolithic integration with focal‐plane arrays. Here, patterned Ge filters were integrated with InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot detectors to linearly tune their 77 K photoresponse peaks from 5.6 µm to 6.2 µm. The dark current was not influenced by these filters but the ability to narrow the photoresponse linewidth was limited by substrate scattering, which is often encountered with front‐side illumination architectures. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)