Title :
Highly-integrated planar lightwave circuit wavelength selective switch
Author :
Earnshaw, M.P. ; Cappuzzo, M. ; Chen, E. ; Gomez, L. ; Griffin, A. ; Laskowski, E. ; Wong-Foy, A.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The first demonstration of large-scale integration of AWG filters and thermo-optic switches and attenuators in 2% delta silica-on-silicon waveguides is reported. A compact high performance wavelength selective switch is demonstrated.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; optical attenuators; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide filters; photonic switching systems; silicon; silicon compounds; thermo-optical devices; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG filters; DWDM networks; SiO2-Si; WDM; attenuators; compact switch; highly-integrated planar lightwave circuit; silica-on-silicon waveguides; thermo-optic switches; wavelength selective switch;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030905
