Title :
Dispersion induced penalty for 1 × N passive interferometric optical MUX/DEMUXs and its reduction using all-pass filters
Author :
Leick, L. ; Peucheret, C.
Author_Institution :
COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
The cascadability of 1timesN passband flattened interferometer DEMUX is investigated numerically. The passband flattening process results in detrimental dispersion induced penalty at 10 Gbit/s which can be significantly reduced with all-pass filters on the input arm
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; light interferometry; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; 10 Gbit/s; all-pass filters; dispersion induced penalty; optical DEMUX; optical MUX; passband flattening; passive interferometer; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Band pass filters; Couplers; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical ring resonators; Passband; Passive filters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
