Title :
Reconfigurable multichannel optical add-drop multiplexers incorporating eight-port optical circulators and fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Tran, An Vu ; De Zhong, Wen ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Song, Kai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate two new strictly nonblocking reconfigurable multichannel optical add-drop multiplexers (RM-OADMs) using optical circulators and fiber Bragg gratings. By effectively using eight-port optical circulators, the new structures significantly reduce component count and insertion loss, and achieve good crosstalk performance. One of the new RM-OADMs potentially achieves the lowest insertion loss among existing RM-OADMs.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical circulators; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; reconfigurable architectures; telecommunication channels; component count; eight-port optical circulators; fiber Bragg gratings; good crosstalk performance; insertion loss; lowest insertion loss; optical circulators; reconfigurable multichannel optical add-drop multiplexers; strictly nonblocking reconfigurable multichannel optical add-drop multiplexers; Bragg gratings; Circulators; Fiber gratings; Insertion loss; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical losses; Photonics; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
