Title :
40 Gbit/s reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer based on microring resonators
Author :
Geuzebroek, D.H. ; Klein, E.J. ; Kelderman, H. ; Bornholdt, C. ; Driessen, A.
Author_Institution :
Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
A fully pigtailed and packaged ultra-compact reconfigurable 4-channel optical add-drop multiplexer is shown based on SiO2/Si3N4 microring resonators. Measurements demonstrate full add/drop capability for 40 Gbit/s datasignal as well as the ability to multicast a channel.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical resonators; silicon compounds; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 4-channel multiplexer; 40 Gbit/s; Si3N4; SiO2; microring resonator; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1