• DocumentCode
    1380996
  • Title

    Scaling limitation of N×N signal interconnection in uniform-loss and cyclic-frequency arrayed-waveguide grating

  • Author

    Kamei, Shin ; Kaneko, Akimasa ; Tanaka, Kiyoshi ; Kitagawa, Takeshi

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    8/31/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1578
  • Lastpage
    1580
  • Abstract
    The authors report on investigation of the effect of coherent crosstalk in a newly fabricated 16×16 channel uniform-loss and cyclic-frequency arrayed-waveguide grating (ULCF-AWG), and its application to a 16×16 interconnection network. Its low-crosstalk and uniform-loss characteristics is confirmed and the potential for 48×48-channel interconnection is demonstrated
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optoelectronics; optical arrays; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical waveguides; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 16×16 channel uniform-loss; 48×48-channel interconnection; N×N signal interconnection; coherent crosstalk; cyclic-frequency arrayed-waveguide grating; interconnection network; low-crosstalk; scaling limitation; uniform-loss; uniform-loss characteristics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20001100
  • Filename
    868124