New architecture of tunable acoustooptical add/drop multiplexer for dynamic DWDM with 25 GHz ITU grid

Author

Tsarev, Andrei ; Kolosovsky, Eugeny

Author_Institution

Inst. of Semicond. Phys., Russian Acad. Sci., Novosibirsk, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

23-27 Aug. 2004

Firstpage

64

Abstract

A new architecture of a compact (6×3 mm²) noncollinear acoustooptic tunable add/drop multiplexer, based on multi-reflector beam expanders, is presented. Beam expanding technology provides (for an optical aperture of only 0.58 cm) a -3 dB linewidth around 13 GHz that is many times smaller and far beyond the practical limits of traditional acoustooptic devices. The proposed device is intended for intelligent local area networks with many hundreds of wavelength channels and a 25 GHz ITU grid.

Keywords

acousto-optical devices; integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical waveguides; surface acoustic wave devices; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.58 cm; 13 GHz; 25 GHz; 3 mm; 6 mm; ITU grid; SAW; acoustooptical add/drop multiplexer; dynamic DWDM; integrated optics; intelligent local area networks; multireflector beam expanders; noncollinear multiplexer; optical aperture; optical waveguides; surface acoustic wave; Acoustic beams; Add-drop multiplexers; Integrated optics; Optical beams; Optical filters; Optical planar waveguides; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Surface acoustic waves; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1051-0117

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8412-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1417669

Filename

1417669