A novel compact polymeric wavelength triplexer designed for 10Gb/s TDM-PON based on cascaded-step-size multimode interference

Author

Fan, Shu-Hao ; Guidotti, Daniel ; Chien, Hung-Chang ; Chang, Gee-Kung

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 May 2009

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

223

Abstract

Aiming for the applications of 10 G TDM-PON access network, a ultra-short polymeric optical multiplexer is designed for the transceiver, using the concept of space-efficient, cascaded step-size multimode interference (CSS-MMI) effect. Three optical channels, 1310 nm for upstream, and 1490 nm, 1550 nm for downstream, are demultiplexed in sub-centimeter length with maximal insertion loss <1.52 dB and extinction ratio >17 dB. Preliminary experimental results of a polymeric wavelength splitter have validated wavelength demultiplexing function at the ONU.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; multiplexing equipment; optical beam splitters; optical design techniques; optical fibre networks; optical polymers; time division multiplexing; transceivers; TDM-PON access network; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded-step-size multimode interference; demultiplexer; optical channel; optical network unit; polymeric wavelength splitter; time-division-multiplexing passive optical network; transceiver; ultrashort polymeric optical multiplexer design; wavelength 1310 nm; wavelength 1490 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; Demultiplexing; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Interference; Multiplexing; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2009. ECTC 2009. 59th

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

0569-5503

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4475-5

Electronic_ISBN

0569-5503

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTC.2009.5074020

Filename

5074020