Title :
Polarization orthogonality preservation in DWDM cascaded arrayed-waveguide grating networks
Author :
Tsalamanis, I. ; Rochat, Etienne ; Walker, Stuart D. ; Parker, Michael C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate polarization multiplexing in cascaded arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) networks. In particular, AWG channel mapping and temperature fluctuations for different states of polarization were investigated and orthogonality degradation found to be small and additive.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG channel mapping; DWDM; arrayed-waveguide grating networks; cascaded AWG networks; orthogonality degradation; polarization multiplexing; polarization orthogonality; polarization states; temperature fluctuations;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
