Development of LWDM NarrowBand Filter Membrane for 5G Communication

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	Development of LWDM NarrowBand Filter Membrane for 5G Communication
	J. Zhang, H. Liu, X. Fu, S. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Liu, T. Zhang, F. Yang and G. Li
	2023
发表期刊	Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers
ISSN	02587025
卷号	50 期号:19
摘要	Objective With the advent of the information age, optical communication has been widely used in the communication field owing to its high transmission rate, significant information capacity, good security performance, and strong anti-interference capability. Narrowband filter films, which are crucial components of multiplexers and demultiplexers, are the key components of optical communication. With the development of optical communication, the demand for narrowband filter films are increasing. Currently, research on narrowband filter films is relatively well-established both domestically and internationally. However, there a scarcity of literature regarding the preparation of fine-wavelength division multiplexing (LWDM) filter films via thermal evaporation. Moreover, the LWDM filter film comprises a substantial number of layers, making it vulnerable to monitoring errors and spectrum distortion. Consequently, the development of narrowband filter films that possess a narrow bandwidth, small passband ripple, low insertion loss, and a large cutoff transmission isolation, and that meet the technical requirements of modern optical communication is of great research significance and has immense application value. Methods High-quality filter films for optical communication were deposited on K9 substrates using electron-beam thermal evaporation and ion-assisted deposition techniques. The film was designed using Ta2O5 and SiO2 selected as high- and low-refractiveindex materials, respectively, owing to their stable properties. The factors affecting the half-width of the passband of the F-P film system were theoretically calculated and analyzed, and the film system was adjusted according to Baumeister’s theory. Multiple single-cavity F-P film systems were connected in series to improve the spectral rectangularity, and a matching layer was added to reduce the passband ripple, resulting in the completion of the LWDM narrowband filter film design. The design of the LWDM narrowband filter film was completed. A SPOC-1300TCI vacuum coater was used to prepare the filter film. The effects of deposition rate and ion source energy on the surface roughness of Ta2O5 and SiO2 were investigated. The surface roughness of Ta2O5 was smaller than that of the substrate, while that of SiO2 was larger. The surface roughness of both materials gradually decreased and leveled off as the deposition rate increased. The effect of the ion source energy on the surface morphology of the film layer was minimal. Through the above single-layer experiments, the deposition rates of Ta2O5 and SiO2 were chosen to be 0.4 and 0.8 nm/s, respectively. These rates were chosen while considering the influence of the deposition rate on the surface roughness of the film layer and challenges in monitoring the thickness of the film layer. Results and Discussions Owing to the numerous film layers and long coating time required for the narrow-band filter film, mechanical structures such as the vacuum degree of the vacuum chamber, material evaporation characteristics, correction plate alterations under long-term high-temperature environments, and the actual thickness of the film layer are inconsistent with the design. Moreover, there can be spectral distortions due to the unbalanced optical thickness ratio of Ta2O5. To address this issue, we propose a debugging method for achieving high-precision film thickness uniformity and spectral consistency (Fig. 9). According to the equivalent layer theory of the membrane system, the F-P membrane system with two cavities is equivalent to a single-cavity F-P membrane system; that is, the first and second cavity layers are equivalent to the reflection layer on both sides of the single-cavity F-P membrane system, and the original coupling layer is equivalent to the spacer layer on both sides of the single-cavity F-P membrane system. When the coupling layer in the 44 L double-cavity membrane system is changed from L to 2 L, it increases the thickness of the spacer layer and the interference order of the membrane system. As a result, tran mission peaks appeared at the central wavelength. The wavelength spacing between adjacent transmittance peaks is not equal and changes with the material type and film thickness. The error of the optical thickness of Ta2O5 and SiO2 can be quickly analyzed by inverse analysis of the coating results of special film systems (Figs. 10 and 11). The correction plate is adjusted according to the analysis results to adjust the ratio of the optical thickness of Ta2O5 and SiO2 to improve the narrow-band filter film spectra. The film thickness monitoring method is studied, and a new monitoring method is proposed to monitor the accuracy of photoelectric polarization method. The optical direct monitoring method is used to monitor the film thickness during the plating process (Fig. 5); the substrate real-time measurement curve is fitted, and the film thickness is monitored according to the fitting results. Moreover, the coupling layer and non-regular film layer are monitored by the crystal-controlled average thickness method, which improves the monitoring accuracy. Conclusions Based on the above debugging, the resulting filter film has bandwidths of 4.1 and 6.0 nm at -0.2 dB and -27 dB, respectively, a maximum insertion loss of 0.14 dB in the passband, and a passband ripple of 0.04 dB, and a bandwidth of 6.0 nm at -27 dB, thereby satisfying the technical requirements of narrowband filter film for LWDM. © 2023 Science Press. All rights reserved.
DOI	10.3788/CJL221491
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推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	J. Zhang, H. Liu, X. Fu, S. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Liu, T. Zhang, F. Yang and G. Li. Development of LWDM NarrowBand Filter Membrane for 5G Communication[J]. Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers,2023,50(19).
APA	J. Zhang, H. Liu, X. Fu, S. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Liu, T. Zhang, F. Yang and G. Li.(2023).Development of LWDM NarrowBand Filter Membrane for 5G Communication.Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers,50(19).
MLA	J. Zhang, H. Liu, X. Fu, S. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Liu, T. Zhang, F. Yang and G. Li."Development of LWDM NarrowBand Filter Membrane for 5G Communication".Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers 50.19(2023).

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