Title :
Tunable wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer using a MEMS Gires-Tournois interferometer
Author :
Yu, Kyoungsik ; Lee, Daesung ; Solgaard, Olav
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we have demonstrated a 1×3 wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer using optical MEMS technology based on a Gires-Tournois interferometer (GTI) with a tunable center wavelength. The center wavelength of each output port was continuously tunable across the free spectral range, and, the output port assignment can therefore be cyclically interchanged. These types of wavelength tunability and port reallocation offer useful functionality in various WDM systems.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; infrared spectra; light interferometers; micromechanical devices; multiplexing equipment; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; Gires-Tournois interferometer; WDM; free spectral range; optical MEMS; port reallocation; wavelength demultiplexer; wavelength multiplexer; wavelength tunability; Lenses; Micromechanical devices; Micromirrors; Multiplexing; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252903
