Title :
Low-loss Si3N4 wavelength-striped multiplexer
Author :
Hai, Mohammed Shafiqul ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A Si3N4 4-channel wavelength-striped multiplexer is designed for a 160 Gb/s WDM signal (4×40 Gb/s), incorporating delays up to 9.45 m long (48 ns). Bit-error-rate performance of 1×10-9 is obtained for all four channels.
Keywords :
error statistics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical losses; silicon compounds; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; Si3N4; WDM signal; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate performance; low-loss 4-channel wavelength-striped multiplexer; Computers; Multiplexing; Photonic integrated circuits; Pulse width modulation; Integrated optics devices; Optical buffers; Wavelength filtering devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115694
