Optical multiplexer and demultiplexer

摘要

In optical multiplexers and demultiplexers which utilize interference filters and optical gratings losses and noise are reduced by converting the unpolarized light into linearly polarized light. This improves the efficiency of the filters and gratings and suppresses noise which is caused by fluctuations in the degree of polarization of unpolarized light because filters and gratings have different characteristics for the different polarization directions.