Design of FTTH demultiplexer based on cascaded wavelength selective coupler

Author

Ab-Rahman, Mohammad Syuhaimi ; Abd-Rashid, Affa Rozana ; Ehsan, Abang Annuar ; Shaari, Sahbudin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi

fYear

2008

fDate

25-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

306

Lastpage

310

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to design and characterize the Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (Mux/Demux) which uses the concept of coupled mode theory. The design is based on cascading the wavelength selective coupler (WSC) devices utilizing commercial specification. The device is designed on silica substrate with compliance of FTTH wavelength such as wavelengths 1310 nm (upstream data/voice), 1480 nm (downstream data/voice), 1550 nm (video) and 1625 nm (testing). The proposal of designed Mux/Demux is used as a router for specific wavelength in order to detect any optical line failure in FTTH network application in which the OTDR launched wavelength (1625 nm) is used as troubleshooting signal. The performance of the devices was modeled using the beam propagation method (BPM-Cad) product from the Optiwave Inc. The device then is characterized in term of output power, insertion loss and true loss measurement.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; optical couplers; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical time-domain reflectometry; wavelength division multiplexing; FTTH wavelength; OTDR; beam propagation method; cascaded wavelength selective coupler; demultiplexer; insertion loss; multiplexer; optical line failure; output power; router; true loss; wavelength 1310 nm; wavelength 1480 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 1625 nm; wavelength division multiplexing; Multiplexing; Optical design; Optical detectors; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical propagation; Proposals; Signal design; Silicon compounds; Testing; FTTH; MUX/DEMUX; PLC; WSC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics, 2008. ICSE 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor Bahru

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3873-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2561-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2008.4770329

Filename

4770329