Recent progress on silica-based planar lightwave circuit for flexible and transparent photonic networks

Author

Takahashi, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Atsugi

fYear

2008

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Silica waveguide planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology is very useful for fabricating the compact and high performance optical devices used in transparent and flexible networks. Wavelength multiplexers and optical switches for ROADM and OXC are still being developed to achieve higher performance and they are integrated to provide the compactness required for future applications. New devices for the advanced modulation format can also be made with PLC technology.

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical fibre networks; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; OXC; ROADM; SiO₂; flexible networks; flexible photonic networks; high-performance optical devices; modulation format; optical fabrication; optical switches; planar lightwave circuit; silica waveguide-based PLC; transparent networks; transparent photonic networks; wavelength multiplexers; Flexible printed circuits; Integrated circuit technology; Multiplexing; Optical devices; Optical planar waveguides; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Programmable control; Silicon compounds; AWG; DQPSK; DWDM; ROADM; Silica waveguide; optical switch; planar lightwave circuit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4326-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-8855-2228-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2008.4804247

Filename

4804247