Client-configurable eight-channel optical add/drop multiplexer using micromachining technology

Author

Pu, Chuan ; Lin, Lih Y. ; Goldstein, Evan L. ; Tkach, Robert W.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

12

Issue

12

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1665

Lastpage

1667

Abstract

A client-configurable optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) is demonstrated using a micromachined 8/spl times/6 matrix switch. The matrix switch can be configured to add/drop any of the eight input channels from/to any of the six add/drop ports. For the switching fabric, the insertion loss is 2/spl sim/3 dB for the dropped channels and 8/spl sim/9 dB for the added channels by using the backsides of the micromirror switches. The switching extinction ratio is over 40 dB, the crosstalk between channels is less than -40 dB, and they are equipment-limited in this experiment.

Keywords

micro-optics; micromachining; mirrors; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical losses; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; 2 to 3 dB; 8 to 9 dB; add/drop multiplexer; add/drop ports; added channels; backsides; client-configurable eight-channel optical add/drop multiplexer; crosstalk; dropped channels; equipment-limited channels; input channels; insertion loss; matrix switch; micromachined 8/spl times/6 matrix switch; micromachining technology; micromirror switches; optical add/drop multiplexer; switching extinction ratio; switching fabric; Add-drop multiplexers; Fabrics; Integrated circuit technology; Micromachining; Micromechanical devices; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.896342

Filename

896342