Application of integrated active filters in multichannel optical communication systems

Author

Chen, J.H. ; Chai, Y. ; Fan, J.Y. ; Choa, F.S. ; Tanbun-Ek, T. ; Logan, R.A. ; Tsang, W.T. ; Burrus, C.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

22-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

235

Abstract

Integrated multi-section distributed-Bragg-reflector filters were employed as channel filters, channel power monitors, and channel power controllers/equalizers in a WDM system. The tunable active filter we used was an integrated 4-section InGaAs/InGaAsP DBR laser biased below threshold. Experimental results on an 8-channel WDM system are reported. With this simple and integrated structure, the cost to implement a WDM network monitoring and control system can be greatly reduced

Keywords

optical filters; 8-channel WDM system; InGaAs-InGaAsP; WDM network control; WDM network monitoring; channel filters; channel power controllers; channel power equalizers; channel power monitors; integrated 4-section InGaAs/InGaAsP DBR laser; integrated active filters; integrated multi-section distributed-Bragg-reflector filters; multichannel optical communication systems; tunable active filter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-697-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19971533

Filename

626748