Iridian Articles
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How A Filter Is Specified
6/13/2022
By comprehending the filter function and implementing appropriate conditions, the filter design team can develop a filter specification that guarantees the filter meets the functional requirements.
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How Premium GFFs Improve EDFA Performance And Optimize Module Design
4/18/2022
Iridian’s premium GFFs deliver higher-level performance than traditional GFFs to meet stringent PPEF specifications, as well as provide additional functionality.
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Datacenter Interconnect Bandwidth: The Role Of Optical Filters And Etalons
9/17/2021
Data center evolution is driving demand for ever-higher data transmission rates, necessitating innovation in data center optical interconnect component design.
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The Application Of WDM Channel Skip Filters
9/30/2020
Channel skip filters enable precision band splitting in telecommunications options, offering improved performance over edge pass filters at a cost adaptable to any project budget.
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Advantages Of Multiple Band Pass Filters In Telecommunications Applications
6/19/2020
Multi band filters help optimize price-performance balance while also conserving space, simplifying design, and improving (or offering equivalent) performance versus single band filters.
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Wavelength Budgeting For Optical Filters
6/10/2020
Considerations when specifying transition pass bands, blocking bands, and transition widths include filter manufacturing tolerances, thermal tolerances, and source/detector variations. These factors must be taken into account properly and completely to achieve optimal spectral performance.
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Hybrid Gain Flattening Filters In Optical Fiber Amplifiers
2/18/2020
Hybrid GFFs save space, simplify system layouts, cost less than a two-filter setup, and offer unparalleled reliability. Meet the new standard in optical fiber amplifier components.
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Messages From Above — Optical Satcom Lights The Way
10/22/2019
The next advances in communications, 5G, and machine-to-machine communications will require “help from above” to blanket literally every corner of our planet with high-speed, ultra-low latency, secure networks. Telecom, meet satcom.
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Remote Sensing With Lidar Requires Optical Filter Trade-Offs
4/12/2019
Engineers and designers working on lidar applications should consider critical filter issues early on.
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Specifying Surface Figure And Wavefront Distortion For Multi-layer Optical Filters
1/15/2019
This white paper helps explains where, when, how, and how much to specify wavefront distortion to ensure that functional requirements of filters are guaranteed while unnecessary and costly constraints are avoided.