Monolithically integrated 32 /spl times/ four-channel client reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer on planar lightwave circuit

Author

Chen, Wenlu ; Zhu, Zhonghua ; Chen, Yung Jui Ray ; Sun, Jacob ; Grek, Boris ; Schmidt, Kevin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

15

Issue

10

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1413

Lastpage

1415

Abstract

A monolithically integrated 32 /spl times/ four-channel client reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer with five vernier ports based on a silica-on-silicon planar lightwave circuit is demonstrated. The device is fabricated on a 6-in wafer. It can be configured to add/drop any four channels from 32 WDM input wavelength to any of the four add/drop ports. It shows the promise of fabricating integrated, robust, flexible and low-cost DWDM network subsystems by PLC.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 6 in; OADM; PLC; SiO/sub 2/-Si; WDM input wavelength; add/drop ports; array waveguide gratings; client reconfigurability; integrated low-cost DWDM network subsystems; monolithically integrated 32 /spl times/ four-channel client reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer; planar lightwave circuit; silica-on-silicon planar lightwave circuit; vernier ports; Add-drop multiplexers; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Fabrics; Integrated optics; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Programmable control; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818220

Filename

1232975