Grating-assisted Mach-Zehnder OADM using photosensitive-cladding fibre for cladding mode coupling reduction

Author

Bakhti, F. ; Bruyère, F. ; Daxhelet, X. ; Shou, X. ; Da Loura, J. ; Lacroix, S. ; Sansonetti, P.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Corp. Res. Center, Marcoussis, France

Volume

35

Issue

12

fYear

1999

fDate

6/10/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1013

Lastpage

1014

Abstract

The realisation and systems performance of an optical add drop multiplexer (OADM) based on a grating-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer imprinted on photosensitive-cladding fibre are reported. This component provides low short wavelength losses, a high return loss at the input port, low chromatic dispersion and low PMD. A thorough characterisation is presented of the device and its system performance for multiwavelength transmission at 10 Gbit/s per channel, showing compatibility with 50 GHz grid dense WDM systems

Keywords

Bragg gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 50 GHz; GHz grid dense WDM systems; cladding mode coupling reduction; grating-assisted Mach-Zehnder OADM; grating-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer; high return loss; input port; low chromatic dispersion; low short wavelength losses; multiwavelength transmission; optical add drop multiplexer; photosensitive-cladding fibre; systems performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19990698

Filename

788078