Optical add-drop multiplexers based on autocloned photonic crystals

Author

Shirane, Masayuki ; Gomyo, Akiko ; Miura, Kenta ; Ohtera, Yasuo ; Yamada, Hirohito ; Kawakami, Shojiro

Author_Institution

Fundamental & Environ. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

23

Issue

7

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1372

Lastpage

1377

Abstract

We describe and demonstrate the operation of optical add-drop multiplexers (OADMs) based on photonic crystal (PC) structures fabricated by autocloning technology. In these OADMs, a three-dimensional PC structure was utilized as a Bragg reflector. We obtained a drop bandwidth of 2 nm at a wavelength of 1560 nm. We also demonstrate for the first time add and drop operations of the PC-based OADMs in a wavelength-division multiplexing optical transmission system.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical materials; photonic crystals; wavelength division multiplexing; 1560 nm; Bragg reflector; add operation; autocloned photonic crystals; drop operation; optical add-drop multiplexers; optical communication; photonic crystal structure fabrication; wavelength-division multiplexing optical transmission system; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg reflector; optical add–drop multiplexer; optical communication; photonic crystal (PC); wavelength-division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSAC.2005.851186

Filename

1461497