Optical filters tunable for both center wavelength and bandwidth, having
applications such as in astronomy, remote sensing, laser spectroscopy,
and other laser-based sensing applications, using Michelson
interferometers or Mach-Zehnder interferometers modified with
Gires-Tournois interferometers ("GTIs") are disclosed. A GTI nominally
has unity magnitude reflectance as a function of wavelength and has a
phase response based on its resonator characteristics. Replacing the end
mirrors of a Michelson interferometer or the fold mirrors of a
Mach-Zehnder interferometer with GTIs results in both high visibility
throughput as well as the ability to tune the phase response
characteristics to change the width of the bandpass/notch filters. A
range of bandpass/bandreject optical filter modes, including a
Fabry-Perot ("FP") mode, a wideband, low-ripple FP mode, a narrowband
notch/bandpass mode, and a wideband notch/bandpass mode, are all tunable
and wavelength addressable.