Title :
Super-compact monolithically integrated polymer-based reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM)
Author :
Yao, H.H. ; Zawadzki, C. ; Beyer, F. ; Radmer, O. ; Schlaak, W. ; Lee, H.-J. ; Keil, N.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Nachritentechnik, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Monolithically integrated polymer-based ROADM has been fabricated using super-high refractive-index contrast (Δn = 0.020) polymers. The measured insertion loss is <17 dB, the crosstalk is < -22 dB and the chip-size is 20 × 30 mm.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical switches; refractive index; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 mm; 30 mm; crosstalk; insertion loss; monolithic integration; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; super-high refractive-index contrast polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
