CWDM multi/demultiplexer consisting of stacked dielectric interference filters and off-axis diffractive lenses

Author

Sasaki, Hironori ; Okabe, Yutaka

Author_Institution

Assoc. of Super-Adv. Electron. Technol., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

551

Lastpage

553

Abstract

A compact coarse wavelength-division multi/demultiplexer based on a stack of dielectric interference filters and an array of off-axis diffractive lenses is reported. The prototype optical system was packaged in the volume of 6.4 (width) /spl times/ 2.5 (height) /spl times/ 8.2 mm (depth). The optical system is interfaced via a multichannel connector with single-mode fiber ribbons. Optical insertion losses are better than 5 dB. The worst channel crosstalk was -19 dB.

Keywords

diffractive optical elements; interference filters; lenses; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical waveguide filters; packaging; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 mm; 6.4 mm; 8.2 mm; WDM demultiplexer; channel crosstalk; coarse WDM multiplexer; multichannel connector; off-axis diffractive lenses; optical insertion losses; optical system; packaged; single-mode fiber ribbons; stacked dielectric interference filters; Connectors; Dielectrics; Interference; Lenses; Optical crosstalk; Optical diffraction; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Packaging; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809296

Filename

1190200