Title :
Characterization of a silicon-photonic multi-wavelength power monitor
Author :
Aguinaldo, Ryan ; Weigel, Peter O. ; Grant, Hannah ; DeRose, Christopher ; Lentine, Anthony ; Pomerene, Andrew ; Starbuck, Andrew ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We describe the design and operation of a silicon-photonic device for monitoring power variations of individual channels in a multi-wavelength DWDM network. Amplitude variations of ~20 dB, for channels spaced by 100 GHz, are measured.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; amplitude variations; frequency 100 GHz; individual channels; multiwavelength DWDM network; power variation monitoring; silicon-photonic device design; silicon-photonic device operation; silicon-photonic multiwavelength power monitor; Attenuation; Detectors; Filter banks; Optical filters; Photonics; Vectors; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2467-7
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886118
