An all-fiber dense wavelength-division multiplexer/demultiplexer using photoimprinted Bragg gratings

Author

Bilodeau, F. ; Johnson, D.C. ; Thériault, S. ; Malo, B. ; Albert, J. ; Hill, K.O.

Author_Institution

Communication Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

7

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

388

Lastpage

390

Abstract

A wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing device is fabricated and used to drop/insert a single wavelength channel from/into a multiple wavelength transmission link with 100 GHz channel-spacing at 1550 nm. The device consists of an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer with photoinduced Bragg gratings. The following performances were measured: extraction/coupling efficiency =99.4%, excess loss <0.5 dB, adjacent channel-isolation >20 dB, and return loss >23 dB.<>

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; light interferometers; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.5 dB; 1550 nm; 23 dB; 99.4 percent; adjacent channel-isolation; all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-fiber dense wavelength-division multiplexer; channel-spacing; coupling efficiency; demultiplexer; excess loss; extraction efficiency; multiple wavelength transmission link; photoimprinted Bragg gratings; photoinduced Bragg gratings; return loss; single wavelength channel; wavelength demultiplexing device; wavelength multiplexing device; Arm; Bragg gratings; Crosstalk; Demultiplexing; Narrowband; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Transmission lines; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.376811

Filename

376811