Title :
Waveguide grating routers with greater channel uniformity
Author :
Chen, J.C. ; Dragone, C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol, Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ
fDate :
11/6/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Previous waveguide grating routers have much more loss at edge wavelengths or channels. Here, the authors propose a novel design that spreads the loss more uniformly among the channels. It is even possible to have more losses in the centre then in some of the edge ports
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; channel uniformity; edge ports; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; waveguide grating routers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971311
