Toward the ideal codirectional Bragg filter with an acousto-optic-filter design

We present a novel design scheme based on the Gel'fand-Levitan-Marchenko inverse-scattering method for an acousto-optic tunable filter having an almost-ideal bandpass spectrum. We find that the ideal filter characteristics of flat-top with unity transmission and no side-lobes are in principle asymptotically possible in a properly designed codirectional Bragg filter. We propose physical schemes of achieving such characteristics in the acousto-optic tunable filter design. Filters having this desirable characteristic are of immense importance in improving the crosstalk performance in optical networks employing the wavelength-division-multiplexing scheme. We then discuss design specifics and simulated performances, and present a new optimization formula. >

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