Title :
Coherent crosstalk of an optical add/drop filter with Bragg gratings in a PLC Mach-Zehnder interferometer for optical LAN
Author :
Hattori, K. ; Abe, M. ; Albert, J. ; Bilodeau, F. ; Hill, K.O. ; Hibino, Y. ; Kitagawa, T. ; Oguchi, K.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
The coherent crosstalk of an add/drop filter with Bragg gratings written in a planar lightwave circuit Mach-Zehnder interferometer is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The filter is used to design an optical local area network without any optical amplifiers, based on the coherent crosstalk limitation.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; light coherence; optical crosstalk; optical fibre LAN; Bragg gratings; PLC Mach-Zehnder interferometer; coherent crosstalk; coherent crosstalk limitation; optical LAN; optical add/drop filter; optical local area network design; planar lightwave circuit Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Bragg gratings; Circuits; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
