• DocumentCode
    449190
  • Title

    Super-compact monolithically integrated polymer-based reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM)

  • Author

    Yao, H.H. ; Zawadzki, C. ; Beyer, F. ; Radmer, O. ; Schlaak, W. ; Lee, H.-J. ; Keil, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Nachritentechnik, Berlin, Germany
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    575
  • Abstract
    Monolithically integrated polymer-based ROADM has been fabricated using super-high refractive-index contrast (Δn = 0.020) polymers. The measured insertion loss is <17 dB, the crosstalk is < -22 dB and the chip-size is 20 × 30 mm.
  • Keywords
    arrayed waveguide gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical fibre communication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical switches; refractive index; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 mm; 30 mm; crosstalk; insertion loss; monolithic integration; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; super-high refractive-index contrast polymers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1576393