• DocumentCode
    1194784
  • Title

    Improved Waveguide Grating Router Suitable for Local Access in Optical Networks

  • Author

    Dragone, Corrado

  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    624
  • Lastpage
    626
  • Abstract
    An improved waveguide grating router suitable for local access and metropolitan applications is proposed. By using a bidirectional design, 16 channels widely spaced by 1250 GHz can be transmitted in each direction, with router loss close to 3 dB. The router can be used outdoors without temperature control and, because of the large channel spacing, the tolerances on the laser wavelengths are substantially reduced.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; channel spacing; passive optical networks; waveguide grating router; wavelength-division multiplexing; Fiber-to-the-home; passive optical networks; waveguide grating router; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2009.2015466
  • Filename
    4801697