• DocumentCode
    2328332
  • Title

    Passive athermal Mach-Zehnder interferometer twin-core fiber optical add/drop multiplexer

  • Author

    Yvernault, P. ; Durand, D. ; Mechin, D. ; Boitel, M. ; Pureur, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Highwave Opt. Technol., Lannion, France
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Abstract
    We present, for the first time to our knowledge, a totally passive athermal Mach-Zehnder interferometer OADM. Combining Bragg gratings and twin-core fiber fused couplers, this device has less than 1pm/°C deviation on Bragg wavelength in the -10°C to +70°C range while maintaining the directivity of the drop and throughput signals.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; thermal stability; Bragg gratings; athermal Mach-Zehnder interferometer; optical add/drop multiplexer; optical network; passive Mach-Zehnder interferometer; twin-core fiber; Add-drop multiplexers; Arm; Holographic optical components; Holography; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Packaging; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989063
  • Filename
    989063