Multi-port add/drop router using UV-induced gratings in planar waveguides Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A new architecture which can be used as a reconfigurable router for exchanging channels between two fibers or as reconfigurable add/drop multiplexing filters is presented. Hitless switching for a 10 Gb/s signal using a two channel device implemented in planar waveguides with UV-induced gratings is demonstrated. For operating on a subset of the system channels, the device offers significantly smaller loss with flat passboards compared to an add/drop using a waveguide grating router (WGR) pair, where losses can easily exceed 15 dB if passband flattened WGRs are used.

published proceedings

  • Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

author list (cited authors)

  • Madsen, C. K., Adams, L. E., Scotti, R. E., Bruce, A. J., Capuzzo, M. A., Gomez, L. T., & Laskowski, E. J.

complete list of authors

  • Madsen, CK||Adams, LE||Scotti, RE||Bruce, AJ||Capuzzo, MA||Gomez, LT||Laskowski, EJ

publication date

  • January 1999