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An 8-skip-0 WDM filter is capable of adding or dropping 8 channels of a 100-GHz spacing fiberoptic telecommunication system. The design we present has the following specifications:
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<LI>passband width of 6.0 nm at the -0.5 dB (about 89%) transmission level, , r1 u: G: R9 w. R8 i% H" x" z X1 P, r& r
<LI>bandwidth of 6.8 nm at the -25 dB (about 0.3%) transmission level, . j9 C* h! }- p) ~
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: T* T' Q$ E. i9 s8 R% Y% Y< >TFCalc 3.5 has the capability of designing narrow bandpass (NPB) filters using the prototype method. To obtain the steep edges required in this design, we used 13 cavities. After a few minutes, TFCalc produced a design whose performance is shown below.
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