DocumentCode
1495824
Title
Semiconductor monolithic add-drop multiplexer using a grating switch integrated with coupler structure
Author
Shibata, Y. ; Oku, S. ; Kondo, Y. ; Tamamura, T. ; Naganuma, M.
Author_Institution
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Volume
35
Issue
6
fYear
1999
fDate
3/18/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
489
Lastpage
491
Abstract
A semiconductor monolithic add-drop multiplexer is proposed. An electrically tunable grating switch is monolithically integrated with multimode interference couplers and wavelength selective add-drop multiplexing is achieved in this structure for the first time. The power penalty is as small as 2 dB
Keywords
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical couplers; optical tuning; optical waveguides; photonic switching systems; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; electrically tunable grating switch; integrated grating switch; multimode interference couplers; optical coupler structure; semiconductor monolithic add-drop multiplexer; wavelength selective add-drop multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19990355
Filename
756412
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