Title :
MAWG: Multicasting Arrayed Waveguide Grating for WDM-PON Applications
Author :
Das, S. ; Grek, Boris ; Sun, Jian ; Jain, Manan ; Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Photonics & Networking Res. Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a novel AWG design, which performs both the normal mux/demux function as well as a broadcast function. This enables flexible and lower cost WDM-PON architectures, which have traditionally lacked support for multicast/broadcast data.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; multicast communication; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON applications; broadcast function; multicast-broadcast data; multicasting arrayed waveguide grating; normal mux-demux function; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Digital video broadcasting; Frequency division multiplexing; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Phased arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528188
