Experimental verification of a very low crosstalk wavelength router construction using arrayed-waveguide grating multi/demultiplexers

Author

Fenghai Liu ; Pedersen, J.S. ; Peucheret, C. ; Jeppesen, P.

Author_Institution

Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

1999

fDate

26-27 July 1999

Abstract

A very low crosstalk N/spl times/N wavelength router construction based on 1/spl times/N AWG multi/demultiplexers has been proposed. The peak crosstalk level of -53 dB is measured in such an 8/spl times/8 wavelength router and the power penalty from the router is negligible. Rather large wavelength routing networks can be built using the wavelength router construction presented.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical arrays; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; arrayed-waveguide grating multi/demultiplexers; large wavelength routing networks; power penalty; very low crosstalk wavelength router; wavelength router construction; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bit error rate; Buildings; Crosstalk; Filtering; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Transfer functions; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5633-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1999.794658

Filename

794658