Title :
Athermal AWGs for colourless WDM-PON with -40 ° C to +70 ° C and underwater operation
Author :
Leick, L. ; Boulanger, M. ; Nielsen, J.G. ; Imam, H. ; Ingenhoff, J.
Author_Institution :
Ignis Photonyx A/S, Blokken 84, DK-3460 Birkerod, Denmark, lle@ignis.com
Abstract :
Athermal AWGs are ideal candidates for MUX/DEMUX in WDM-PON applications being passive, scalable, cyclic and low cost. This paper demonstrates an AWG with -40°C to 70°C and underwater operation in all C, L, S and E-bands.
Keywords :
Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Costs; Integrated optics; Isolation technology; Passive optical networks; Pricing; Temperature; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216064
