• DocumentCode
    450312
  • Title

    Ultra small 16 ch variable optical attenuator multiplexer (V-AWG) using multi-chip PLC integration technology for ROADM

  • Author

    Kaneko, A. ; Doi, Y. ; Hashizume, Y. ; Kamei, S. ; Tamura, Y. ; Ogawa, I. ; Kominato, T. ; Suzuki, S.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Lab., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    987
  • Abstract
    We have developed an ultra small 16 ch variable optical attenuator multiplexer (V-AWG) with excellent optical performance by using multi-chip PLC technology. The insertion loss is 3.2 dB and the polarization dependent loss (PDL) at 25 dB attenuation is less than 0.3 dB. The module is 90×55×14 mm in size and this is less than 1/10 the volume of a multi source agreement (MSA) type V-AWG.
  • Keywords
    arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 14 mm; 25 dB; 3.2 dB; 55 mm; 90 mm; PDL; ROADM; V-AWG; insertion loss; multichip PLC integration technology; multisource agreement; optical performance; polarization dependent loss; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; variable optical attenuator multiplexer;
  • 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
    1584291