Title :
100 GHz-32 ch athermal AWG with extremely low temperature dependency of center wavelength
Author :
Saito, T. ; Nara, K. ; Nekado, Y. ; Hasegawa, J. ; Kashihara, K.
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
New athermal AWG with 100 GHz-32 ch has been developed. This novel athermal AWG exhibits excellent property in temperature dependency of center wavelength less than ±0.01 nm under the temperature range 0 to 70°C.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; telecommunication channels; thermo-optical devices; wavelength division multiplexing; 0 to 70 C; 100 GHz; DWDM system; athermal AWG; center wavelength; low temperature dependency; Electrostatic actuators; Electrostatic measurements; Fingers; Lenses; Manufacturing; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical distortion; Switches; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247486
