Integrated WDM dynamic power equalizer with potentially low insertion loss

We present a design concept for dynamically and chromatically variable transmissivity devices for controlling channel powers in wavelength-division-multiplexed systems in which a decrease in attenuation range can be traded for a decrease in insertion loss. We demonstrate a version in InP.

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