Optical bandpass Lyot filter with tunable bandwidth

  • Rachid Hamdi
  • , Robert Mikhael Farha
  • , Salah Redadaa
  • , Badr Eddine Benkelfat
  • , Djamel Abed
  • , Abderrezak Halassi
  • , Yassin Boumakh

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the feasibility of the bandwidth tuning of a liquid-crystal based bandpass Lyot filter. This bandwidth tuning is achieved by applying a voltage to vary the birefringence of the liquid-crystal cells whose optical path difference takes predefined discrete values. We show that for a 2-stage liquid-crystal Lyot filter and at λ i = 1.543 μm, the measured 3-dB bandwidth varies from 17nm to 60 nm when the applied voltage increases from 0V to 5.24V. The shape of the transmission response remains unchanged during the bandwidth tuning process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 19th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jul 2012
Event2012 19th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2012 - Jounieh, Lebanon
Duration: 23 Apr 201225 Apr 2012

Publication series

Name2012 19th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2012

Conference

Conference2012 19th International Conference on Telecommunications, ICT 2012
Country/TerritoryLebanon
CityJounieh
Period23/04/1225/04/12

Keywords

  • Lyot filter
  • Optical communication
  • Optical filter
  • bandwidth tuning
  • birefringent filter

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