Title : 
Optical grating multiplexer in the 1.1¿1.5 ¿m wavelength region
         
        
            Author : 
Watanabe, Ryuji ; Nosu, K. ; Fujii, Yuka
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NTT Yokosuka Electrical Communication Laboratory, Yokosuka, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Experimental results of a multiplexer using a diffraction grating for a wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission system are described. The multiplexer has 10 channels and a wavelength spacing of 36.2 nm in the 1.1¿1.5 ¿m wavelength region. Minimum insertion loss for each channel was less than 2.2 dB.
         
        
            Keywords : 
diffraction gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; blazed diffraction grating; insertion loss; optical communication equipment; optical multiplexer; wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19800082