Title :
Planar lightwave circuit eight-channel CWDM multiplexer with <3.9-dB insertion loss
Author :
Doerr, C.R. ; Cappuzzo, M. ; Gomez, L. ; Chen, E. ; Wong-Foy, A. ; Ho, C. ; Lam, J. ; McGreer, K.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the demonstration of an improved eight-channel coarse wavelength-division multiplexer. The fully packaged channel losses range from 2.3 to 3.9 dB, the 1-dB bandwidth is 16.3 nm, and the crosstalk is <-28dB. This silica-waveguide device could have very low cost.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.3 to 3.9 dB; SiO/sub 2/; channel losses; crosstalk; eight-channel CWDM; insertion loss; planar lightwave circuit; silica-waveguide device; wavelength-division multiplexer; Circuits; Filters; Gratings; Insertion loss; Joining processes; Lenses; Packaging; Passband; Waveguide discontinuities; Wavelength division multiplexing; Demultiplexing; gratings; integrated optics; optical fiber communication; optical filters; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2004.840029
