Title :
Low-crosstalk, loss and PDL grating demultiplexer for application in terabit WDM routed networks
Author :
Mikhailov, V. ; Bayvel, P. ; Churin, E.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Opt. Networks Group, London, UK
Abstract :
We report on the performance of a diffraction grating demultiplexer for narrow channel spacings of /spl les/50 GHz (/spl les/0.4 nm). The device exhibited a fiber-to-fiber loss of 3.8 dB, very low adjacent channel crosstalk of -43 dB, background crosstalk of -55 dB and polarization dependence of <0.3 dB. The transmission performance with 16/spl times/10 Gbit/s channels is also reported.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; optical fiber losses; optical fiber networks; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 160 Gbit/s; 3.8 dB; Gbit/s channels; PDL grating demultiplexer; background crosstalk; diffraction grating demultiplexer; fiber-to-fiber loss; low adjacent channel crosstalk; low-crosstalk; narrow channel spacings; polarization dependence; terabit WDM routed networks; transmission performance; Crosstalk; Diffraction; Gratings; Holography; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Page description languages; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868249
