Title :
Performance of an ultra-low loss, ultra compact, free-space packaging platform for CWDM applications
Author :
Li, Yao ; Lee, Christine L. ; Wang, Daoyi ; Lingzhi Ji ; Li, Jing ; Wu, Frank ; Tsay, Wei-shin
Author_Institution :
Alliance fiber Opt. Products Inc., USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a novel thin-film filter (TFF) based MUX/DeMUX/OADM platform that is characterized by > 60% lower insertion loss and < 1/10 of the volume comparing to its conventional packaged counterparts.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM application; DeMUX; MUX; OADM platform; conventional packaged counterparts; fiber optics components; free-space packaging platform; lower insertion loss; thin-film filter; ultra compact; ultra-low loss; Costs; Insertion loss; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical network units; Packaging; Performance loss; Transceivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338713
