三端口可调谐滤波器是全光智能交换网络和密集波分复用系统中的核心器件.其反射端口的光谱特性,尤其是反射率和信道隔离度对于滤波器的性能至关重要.角度调谐滤光片因其良好的矩形度和温度稳定性被广泛应用于三端口可调谐滤波器的制备,其反射端口的光谱特性不仅与倾斜入射角度的大小有关,而且与其非平行端面间的楔角参量有关.文章详细分析了楔角参量对非平行角度调谐滤光片的反射率及半宽的影响,仿真计算了楔角参量在不同极性和大小条件下角度调谐滤光片的反射光谱特性,揭示了保持适当的楔角参量和方向性可以改善倾斜入射状态下滤光片的反射光谱特性.设计并制备了楔角为0.8°的楔形角度调谐滤光片,实验证明了当保持楔角方向与倾斜入射方向相同时会严重的劣化透反射光谱的半宽和隔离度,方向相反时则可以改善反射光谱的反射率和半宽指标.通过负楔角参量的引入使得角度调谐滤光片较之高平行度的同类器件具有更高的反射率和信道隔离度.

Three-port tunable optical filter is a key device in the all-optic intelligent switching network and dense wavelength division multiplexing system.The characteristics of the reflecting spectrum,especially the reflectivity and the isolation degree are very important to the three-port filter.Angle-tuned thin film filter is widely used as a three-port tunable filter for its high rectangular degree and good temperature stability.The characteristics of the reflecting spectrum are greatly influenced not only by the incident angle,but also by the wedge angle parameter of the non-paralleled wedge thin film filter.In the present paper,the influences of the wedge angle parameter to the reflectivity and the half bandwidth are analyzed,and the reflecting spectrum characterstics are simulationed in different wedge angle parameter and polarity.The wedge angle-tuned thin film filter with 0.8° wedge angle parameter is fabricated.The experimental results show that keeping the wedge angle the same orientation to the incident angle will worsen the reflectivity and the rectangular degree of the reflecting spectrum.However,keeping the wedge angle orientation reverse to the incident angle will enhance the reflectivity and decrease the bandwidth,which will give higher reflectivity and isolation degree to the three-port filter than that of high parallel degree angle-tuned thin film filter.