Monolithically integrated 1/spl times/32 optical splitter/router low loss ripple MZI-based WDM filter and low loss Y-branch circuit

Author

Nara, Kazutaka ; Matsubara, Noritaka ; Kawashima, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrated a novel monolithically integrated 1times32 optical splitter/router with functions as an optical splitter for 1.31 mum-band, 1.49 mum-band and as a wavelength router for 1.55 mum-band using a low loss ripple MZI-based WDM filter and a low loss Y-branch circuit

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical losses; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.31 mum; 1.49 mum; 1.55 mum; MZI-based filter; WDM filter; Y-branch circuit; low loss circuit; low loss ripple filter; monolithically integration; optical splitter; wavelength router; Circuits; Insertion loss; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

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

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-803-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215605

Filename

1636636