Data transmission through a 1014-channel two-dimensional array wavelength demultiplexer

Author

Chan, T.K. ; Jiang, R. ; Alic, N. ; Radic, S. ; Ford, J.E.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Abstract

We demonstrate a 1×1014 channel wavelength demultiplexer with 50 GHz pitch and a 594 nm total bandwidth. The hybrid AWG/grating produced a 26×39 array of wavelength-demultiplexed spots measured by an InGaAs camera and by a scanned output fiber used to sample the output. Insertion loss was <10 dB for all channels measured within the 1270 nm to 1700 nm operating range (700 total channels). BER measurements show a 0.1 dB power penalty at 10 GB/s.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; arrayed waveguide gratings; demultiplexing equipment; error statistics; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical losses; telecommunication channels; 10 Gbit/s; 1270 to 1700 nm; AWG; BER; InGaAs camera; data channel transmission; insertion loss; two-dimensional array wavelength demultiplexer; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Cameras; Data communication; Fiber gratings; Indium gallium arsenide; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006

Print_ISBN

1-55752-803-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215367

Filename

1636397