Title :
BER Evaluation of a Passive SOI WDM Router
Author :
Parini, Alberto ; Bellanca, G. ; Annoni, Andrea ; Morichetti, Francesco ; Melloni, A. ; Strain, Michael J. ; Sorel, Marc ; Gay, M. ; Pareige, Christelle ; Bramerie, L. ; Thual, M.
Author_Institution :
MIST E-R Lab., Ferrara, Italy
Abstract :
The performance of a ring-resonator based passive wavelength router, suitable for optical networking at chip level, is evaluated through bit error rate measurements in single channel 10 Gb/s and 3-channel 10 Gb/s WDM configurations. As the routing path involves a different number of routing elements, depending on the wavelength used for the propagating signal, the performance of three output ports with respect to a specified input one are experimentally evaluated and discussed. Measurements show that low rejection on the filter elements due to fabrication issues mostly affect the channel on the through path with respect to the dropped ones.
Keywords :
error statistics; integrated optoelectronics; optical filters; optical resonators; passive networks; silicon-on-insulator; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 3-channel WDM configuration; BER evaluation; Si; bit error rate measurements; chip level; filter elements; optical networking; output ports; passive SOI WDM router; propagating signal; ring-resonator based passive wavelength router; routing elements; routing path; single channel WDM configuration; Bit error rate; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ports (Computers); Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement; Optical switching devices; bit-error-rate; microring resonators; optical interconnections; photonic integrated circuits; silicon on insulator;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2285248
