Reliability and power density analysis of fibre Bragg gratings and thin film filter based multiplexer

Author

Chandy, Rebecca

Author_Institution

Ericsson Ltd., Coventry, UK

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Fibre Bragg gratings are used as multiplexers in dense wavelength division multiplexed telecommunication systems. The long terms reliability of optical networks depends on reliability of components, including fibre Bragg gratings. Information about the accelerating effect of both temperature and humidity is therefore essential to ensure that the devices are fit-for-purpose This paper reviews the reliability testing that was undertaken on fibre Bragg grating filter for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer (DWDM), channel spacing at 50 GHz and 100 GHz and the power density damage threshold of a DWDM thin-film based multiplexer.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM thin-film based multiplexer; dense wavelength division multiplexed telecommunication systems; fibre Bragg gratings; frequency 100 GHz; frequency 50 GHz; optical networks reliability; power density analysis; thin film filter based multiplexer; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Power system reliability; Telecommunication network reliability; Transistors; Wavelength division multiplexing; Reliability; fibre Bragg grating; power density; thin film filter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7799-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2010.5548977

Filename

5548977