Title :
Comparison of the cascadability performance of different types of commercially available wavelength (de)multiplexers
Author :
Caspar, C. ; Foisel, H.-M. ; Helmolt, C.V. ; Strebel, B. ; Sugaya, Y.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
The cascadability performance of different types of commercially available wavelength (de)multiplexers is evaluated with regard to the amplitude and group delay characteristic. Bit error rate performance at 10 Gbit/s NRZ of 30 cascaded devices in an optical loop testbed is presented
Keywords :
optical waveguides; 10 Gbit/s; WDM; amplitude delay characteristic; arrayed waveguide grating; bit error rate performance; cascadability performance; cascaded devices; commercially available wavelength demultiplexers; group delay characteristic; optical loop testbed; wavelength multiplexers;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971497
