AGILE OPTICAL COMPONENTS

Key Features

• 50 and 100 GHz tunable filters for C or L band

• High adjacent and non-adjacent channel rejection

• Good wavelength setting accuracy

• Low insertion loss

• Low chromatic dispersion

• Wide tuning range

• Low tuning voltage

• Pins extruding from side of the package

• Mountable on PCB with small footprint

The JDSU Agile Optical Components family includes modulators, switches,

attenuators and tunable filters. These products provide the basis for spectrally

efficient DWDM transmission utilizing dispersion tolerant modulation, channel

monitoring, wavelength switching, remote power control and dynamic channel

selection. They support a wide range of flexible functionalities at lower

operational expenses for the Agile Optical Network. In addition, we have a

complete line of tunable lasers assemblies and sub-assemblies in our Agile

Transmission Module family.

The JDSU VCF series is a voltage-controlled tunable band pass filters* that can be

used for amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) suppression of optical signals and

for single-channel demultiplexing from a multichannel dense wavelength division

multiplexing (DWDM) optical signal stream. The VCF can also be used in flexible

and dynamic wavelength optical add/drop applications. The VCF uses hermetic

sealing for increased resistance to environmental extremes. The VCF series offers

excellent optical performance in either C or L band.

The center wavelength selection is precisely tuned using a stepper motor driven by

an external integrated circuit controller. The driver moves the filter up and down

in uniform steps in the center wavelength, to provide high resolution. The VCF is

compact in size and can easily be mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB).

The transmission spectrum of the VCF is optimized for low insertion loss, high

rejection, and low chromatic dispersion.

* Patent pending.

Applications

• ASE suppression for optical fiber

amplifiers (OFAs) and tunable lasers

or receivers

• Signal demultiplexers for wavelength

division multiplexers (WDMs) or

1xN splitters

• Dynamic wavelength selection

associated with WDM systems using

optical add/drops and flexible

wavelength conversion

Voltage-Controlled Optical Filters

VCF Series

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