Title :
Compact and low-loss integrated box-like passband multiplexer
Author :
Doerr, C.R. ; Stulz, L.W. ; Pafchek, R.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A fully packaged 40-channel 100-GHz-spacing full-coupler-type synchronized-gratings multiplexer with a 1-dB bandwidth >57 GHz, total adjacent crosstalk /spl plusmn/35 GHz around the ITU grid <-18 dB, and loss <3.5 dB for all channels is presented.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; band-pass filters; channel spacing; diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical directional couplers; optical losses; packaging; wavelength division multiplexing; 3.5 dB; 57 GHz; ITU grid; bandwidth; compact low-loss integrated box-like passband multiplexer; fully packaged 40-channel 100-GHz-spacing full-coupler-type synchronized-gratings multiplexer; loss; planar lightwave circuit; total adjacent crosstalk; Couplers; Gratings; Multiplexing; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Passband;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.813429
