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980/1064nm Filter WDM

The 980/1064nm Filter Wavelength Division Multiplexer is based on environmentally stable thin-film filter technology. The devices combine or separate light at different wavelength in a wide wavelength range. They offer very low insertion loss, low polarization dependence, high isolation and excellent environmental stability. High power handling capability can be achieved through unique pigtail processing and high-quality AR coating.

Features

  • Low Insertion Loss
  • Wide Operating Wavelength Range
  • Ultra Flat Wide Passband
  • High Channel Isolation
  • High Stability and Reliability
  • Epoxy Free Optical Path

Applications

  • System Monitoring
  • WDM System
  • Transmitters and Fiber Lasers
  • Fiber Optical Amplifier
  • Fiber Optic Instruments

The 980/1064nm Filter Wavelength Division Multiplexer is based on environmentally stable thin-film filter technology. The devices combine or separate light at different wavelength in a wide wavelength range. They offer very low insertion loss, low polarization dependence, high isolation and excellent environmental stability. High power handling capability can be achieved through unique pigtail processing and high-quality AR coating. These components have been extensively used in EDFAs, Raman amplifiers, WDM networks and fiber optical instruments. 

Performance Specifications

Parameter

Unit

Values

Transmission Wavelength Range

nm

960~990 (or 1020~1080)

Reflect Wavelength Range

nm

1020~1080 (or 960~990)

Max. Insertion Loss

Transmission

dB

0.8

Reflect

dB

0.5

Min. Isolation

Transmission

dB

25

Reflect

dB

12

Max. PDL

dB

0.10

Min. Channel Flatness

dB

0.3

Min. Return Loss

dB

50

Max. Power Handling (CW)

W

0.3, 0.7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10

Max. Tensile Load

N

5

Fiber Type

-

1060-XP or other

Operating Temperature

-5 to +70

Storage Temperature

-40 to +85

Package Dimensions

mm

Ø5.5 x L35

  1. Above specification are for device without connector and may change without notice.
  2. IL is 0.3 dB higher and RL is 5 dB lower for each connector added.
  3. The pass optical power is 2 W only for connector added.
  4. For high power applications, we will use heat sink package, contact DK Photonics for details.

Package Dimension

980/1064nm Filter WDM

Order information

P/N: FWDM-①-②-③-④-⑤

When you inquire, please provide the correct P/N number according to our ordering information and attach the appropriate description would be better. If need any connector, we do not recommend choosing a 250μm bare fiber pigtail.

Wavelength

Power Handling

Pigtails Diameter

Fiber Length

Connector

96:980nm pass/1064nm reflect

69:1064nm pass/980nm reflect

 

S:<0.3W

L:<0.7W

1:1W

2:2W

25:250μm bare fiber

90:900μm loose tube

XX: Others

05:0.5m

08:0.8m

10:1.0m

XX: Others

00: None

FP: FC/PC

FA: FC/APC

SA: SC/APC

LA: LC/APC

XX: Others

Part Number Example: FWDM-96-S-90-10-FA

Description: 980/1064nm Filter WDM - 0.3W, 980nm pass/1064nm reflect with 0.9mm OD loose tube, 1.0m fiber length, and FC/APC connectors at all ports.

Ordering Information for Custom Parts:

If you need to customize other specifications, please provide detailed description for your requirement.

Filter WDM


1. Definition
FWDM(Filter Wavelength Division Multiplexin ) is the optical passive device, it can couple two or more different wavelengths of light into the same optical fiber transmission. It can also be a plurality of different wavelengths of light in the same optical fiber were separated into different optical fiber transmission.


2. Characteristic
1). To combine or separate two (usually two) or more beams of light of different wavelengths
2). Wide operating bandwidth, low insertion loss, high channel isolation, high stability and reliability.
3). Produced by dielectric film filter technology, it provides a variety of wavelength combinations in the wavelength range of 780 nm-20550 nm.


3. Description
1). Working principle of Filter WDM- Multilayer Dielectric Thin-film Filter
A thin-film resonant cavity filter (TFF) is a Fabry-Perot interferometer, or etalon, where the mirrors surrounding the cavity are realized by using multiple reflective dielectric thin-film layers.
This device acts as a bandpass filter, passing through a particular wavelength and reflecting all the other wavelengths. The wavelength that is passed through is determined by the cavity length.
To improve the reflection efficiency, the thin-film resonant multicavity filter (TFF) chip usually adopts multilayer film (generally 50-100 layers). By using the interference of multilayer dielectric film, one wavelength passes through and other wavelengths reflect.

Working principle of thin-film WDM

Figure 1. Working principle of thin-film WDM

 


 Schematic diagram of structure and wavelength selection of thin-film filter
Figure 2. Schematic diagram of structure and wavelength selection of thin-film filter

 

Schematic diagram of structure and wavelength selection of thin-film filter
Figure 3. Schematic diagram of structure and wavelength selection of thin-film filter


When two different wavelength ranges of light are input from the common, WDM devices will allow one beam of light with the specific wavelength range to be transmitted and output from Pass port; The remaining light will be reflected and coupled to the Reflect port output, this is the process of wavelength division. According to the principle of reversible optical path. When different wavelengths of light input from Pass port and Reflect port, both lights will be coupled and output form the Common port by the WDM device, This is the process of optical wavelength multiplexing coupling.
Compared with fused WDM, the main feature of Filter WDM is that the wavelength range is more flexible. The user can specify any range of transmitted and reflected wavelengths.

2). key parameter


a. IL (Insertion Loss)
Insertion loss refers to the additional loss caused by passing WDM, which is defined as the ratio of the optical power of the input and output ports of the passive device:

IL of FWDM


As shown in the formula above, Pin is the power of the inverted input, Pout is the power of the inverted output. The performance of the device requires the insertion loss of forward incident light to be as small as possible

Schematic diagram of Insertion Loss test of WDM
Figure 4. Schematic diagram of Insertion Loss test of WDM.

Taking the above figure 4 as an example, the blue light input is 100 mW, the output port is the Pass port; the red light input is 100 mW, and the output port is the Reflect port. It can be seen that the input optical power at the Pass pin = 100 mW, and the output optical power Pout = 90 mW, then the insertion loss IL of Pass port is:

IL= 10 × log (100/90)
= 10 × 0.046
= 0.46 dB


It can be known that the input optical power at the Reflect port Pin=100 mW, and the output optical power Pout= 95 mW, so the insertion loss IL of the Reflect port is:

IL= 10 × log (100/95)
= 10 × 0.022
= 0.22 dB

Note that the Insertion loss for the Reflect port will be better than the Pass port.


b. ISO (Isolation)

Isolation refers to the ability of one optical path of WDM to isolate the light in other optical paths. Each port of the WDM is designed to have low insertion loss (i.e., high transmission) at the desired wavelength while suppressing the signal at the specified wavelength of the other port, which minimizes cross talk between the ports. Therefore, isolation is specified as the insertion loss of these undesired wavelengths. High dB values of isolation are ideal for signal separation applications using a WDM.

 Optical path diagram of isolation test of the Pass port in WDM

Figure 5. Optical path diagram of isolation test of the Pass port in WDM


Taking Figure 5 as an example, Pass port is the transmission channel port of blue light and Reflect port is the transmission channel port of red light. Theoretically, the red light input from Common port should be totally from Reflect port, However, the WDM can not completely isolate the red light output to the Pass port. To characterize the isolation ability of WDM to unexpected light, the concept of channel isolation is introduced.
Definition: the decibel of the ratio of the power value of the unexpected incident optical signal to the power value of the input optical signal:

Isolation of Fwdm

As shown in the formula above, Pin is the input power, Pout is the output power of unexpected optical port. The WDM device requires that the higher the isolation value of the undesired light, the better the performance. At the same time, please note that the isolation indicators of the Pass port and the reflection port are inconsistent. Usually, the isolation on the Pass port will be higher.

Taking Figure 5 as an example, we know that the input optical power of red light Pin =100 mW, the output power for the unexpected light Pass port Pout=0.1 mW, and the ISO of the Pass port is:

IL= 10 × log (100/0.1)
= 10 × 3.00
= 30.0dB

As shown in the Figure 6, the input optical power of optical blue light Pin =100 mW, the output power for the unexpected light Reflect port Pout=2 mW, and the ISO of the Reflect port is:

IL= 10 × log (100/2)
= 10 × 1.699
= 16.99 dB

Isolation of wdm
 Figure 6. WDM Optical path diagram of isolation test of the Reflect port