Title :
Multi-mode fiber coarse WDM grating router using broadband add/drop filters for wavelength re-use
Author :
Patel, R.R. ; Bond, S.W. ; Larson, M.C. ; Pocha, M.D. ; Garrett, H.E. ; Lowry, M.E. ; Deri, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a grating-router with 37 nm channel spacing and 6 nm FWHM in the 800-900 nm range for WDM over multimode fiber. Broadband thin-film add/drop filters provide wavelength re-use enabling N×N fully non-blocking interconnection with N wavelengths
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre filters; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 37 nm; 800 to 900 nm; FWHM; broadband add/drop filters; channel spacing; diffraction grating; fully nonblocking interconnection; multi-mode fiber coarse WDM grating router; multimode fiber optical networks; wavelength re-use; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Channel spacing; Diffraction gratings; Fiber gratings; Filters; Lenses; Optical fiber devices; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811989
