Title :
A flat-top pass-band interleaver through two-stage Y-Junction MZI on polymer PLC platform
Author :
Chan, W.Y. ; Chen, K.X. ; Chan, H.P. ; Kumar, S. Ravi ; Varshney, R.K. ; Pal, B.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A two-stage-cascaded Y-Junction MZI interleaver of 100 GHz channel spacing over a 40 nm wavelength window is experimentally demonstrated. The 0.5 dB pass -band at the two output ports were 38 GHz and 50 GHz , respectively.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; channel spacing; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Y-junction interferometer; cascaded interleaver; channel spacing; flat-top interleaver; frequency 100 GHz; frequency 35 GHz; frequency 50 GHz; pass-band interleaver; polymer planar lightwave circuit; two-stage interferometer; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Directional couplers; Fabrication; Laboratories; Optical interferometry; Polymers; Programmable control; Refractive index; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610427
