First InP-based reconfigurable integrated add-drop multiplexer

Author

Vreeburg, C.G.M. ; Uitterdijk, T. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Smit, M.K. ; Groen, F.H. ; Metaal, E.G. ; Demeester, P. ; Frankena, H.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1997

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

190

Abstract

A four-channel reconfigurable integrated add-drop multiplexer on InP-substrate is reported. The device consists of a 5/spl times/5 PHASAR demultiplexer integrated with Mach-Zehnder interferometer electrooptical switches. Total device size is 3/spl times/6 mm/sup 2/. All routing configurations of four wavelengths have been demonstrated. Crosstalk values are better than -20 dB. On-chip loss for the dropped or added signals and for the signals coupled from the input to the output port are lower than 7 and 11 dB, respectively.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical switches; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical losses; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 3 mm; 6 mm; InP; InP-based reconfigurable integrated add-drop multiplexer; InP-substrate; Mach-Zehnder interferometer electrooptical switches; PHASAR demultiplexer; added signals; crosstalk values; dropped signals; four-channel reconfigurable integrated add-drop multiplexer; input port; on-chip loss; output port; routing configurations; total device size; Add-drop multiplexers; Electrooptic devices; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Multiplexing; Optical crosstalk; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.553086

Filename

553086