Interferometric cross talk-free optical add/drop multiplexer using cascaded Mach-Zehnder fiber gratings

Author

Mlzuochi, T. ; Kitayama, Tadayoshi

Author_Institution

Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan

fYear

1997

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

177

Abstract

An optical add/drop multiplexer (ADM) has allowed us to exploit scalability in wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks. A Mach Zehnder interferometer with photoinduced fiber Bragg gratings (MZ FG) is a promising device as a wavelength-selectable optical ADM circuit. In this study, we will present a novel method to provide the interferometric cross talk-free device based on a cascaded MZ-FG

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; diffraction gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; reflectivity; wavelength division multiplexing; Mach Zehnder interferometer; WDM networks; cascaded MZ-FG; cascaded Mach-Zehnder fiber gratings; interferometric cross talk-free device; interferometric cross talk-free optical add/drop multiplexer; optical add/drop multiplexer; photoinduced fiber Bragg gratings; scalability; wavelength-division multiplexing; wavelength-selectable optical ADM circuit; Add-drop multiplexers; Bragg gratings; Circuits; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical receivers; Propagation losses; Reflectivity; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719798

Filename

719798