International audienceWe propose and demonstrate a new modified Lyot filter to independently ensure the channel amplitude equalization and the bandwidth tuning functions. The device consists of hybrid liquid crystal interferometers. We show numerically and experimentally that for a modified four-stage Lyot filter, the two first interferometers ensure equalization function with a maximum extinction ratio, while the last interferometer allows full-width at half-maximum tuning function by using, in particular, the optical canceling approach. Such a device is highly desirable in optical telecommunications, especially where in the core network the optical filters must perform several other functions in addition to their basic amplitude filtering action
International audienceWe propose and demonstrate a novel optical implementation to simultaneously improve the contrast and increase the finesse of a classical -stage Lyot filter. The new device based on the multiple-passage concept uses two mirrors placed at the extremities of the filter. The light beam passes through the structure back and forth and each passage has a significant influence in reducing the sidelobes and the bandwidth of the filter transmittance. We show that for a two-stage Lyot filter, the contrast is increased by 100% after each passage and the finesse is improved by over 50% after four passages and more. Such a device is highly desirable in a wide field where the filtering function requires high performancesin term of contrast and finesse
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