The present invention describes a structure and method for a multi-ports
WDM device for compensating the filter distortion while reducing
insertion loss. The multi-ports WDM device comprises a 4-fiber collimator
having a grin lens and a 2-fiber collimator having a lens where the focal
plane of the second lens is shorter than the focal plane of the first
grin lens Ands with aspheric surface. When a light signal travels through
the first lens in the 4-fiber collimator to a filter, the film on the
filter causes distortion to the light signal resulting in a large
insertion loss. To compensate for the insertion loss, the lens on the
2-fiber collimator has a aspheric function and a shorter focal plane than
the grin lens on the 4-fiber collimator. The type of grin lens used in
the 4-fiber collimator is different than the lens used in the 2-fiber
collimator. Effectively, the lens in the 2-fiber collimator operates to
de-focus a light signal relative to the grin lens in the 4-fiber
collimator.