Development of small port-count ROADM using MEMS type 2x2 OSWs and VOAs

Author

Park, Moo-Youn ; Kim, Jin-Ha ; Lee, Hyun-Kee ; Cho, Sung-Min ; Hong, Seok-Kee ; Lee, Yeong-Gyu ; Oh, Yong-Soo ; Hong, Jong-Bum

Author_Institution

Samsung Electro-Mech. Co., Kyunggi Do

fYear

2005

fDate

1-4 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

154

Abstract

We developed a low cost small port-count ROADM(Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer) using simple MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical System) type 2times2 OSWs (Optical Switches) and VOAs (variable optical attenuators). The ROADM module consisting of components all developed in-house performed fast and reliable add/drop function with channel equalisation. The output power flatness was controlled to less than 0.5 dB over four CWDM channels

Keywords

micro-optics; micromechanical devices; multiplexing equipment; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM channels; MEMS; VOAs; channel equalisation; microelectromechanical system; optical switches; port-count ROADM; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; variable optical attenuators; Micromechanical devices; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical losses; Temperature distribution; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2005. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oulu

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9278-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2005.1540124

Filename

1540124