Title :
Recent progress on athermal AWG wavelength multiplexer
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
This paper describes recent progress in relation to the key requirements for athermal arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexers with resin-filled grooves, namely a wide passband and low loss, compactness and a wide operating temperature range.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; arrayed waveguide grating; athermal AWG wavelength multiplexer; operating temperature range; resin-filled groove; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Planar waveguides; Thermal management; Wavelength division multiplexing; (230.7390) Waveguides, planars; (230.7408) Wavelength filtering devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
