Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors

A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) structure based on using a custom-made fiber array and an Opto-VLSI processor is proposed and demonstrated. The fiber array consists of N pairs of angled fibers corresponding to N channels, each of which can independently perform add, drop, and t...

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Main Authors: Xiao, F., Juswardy, Budi, Alameh, K., Lee, Y.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Optical Society of America 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7769
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author Xiao, F.
Juswardy, Budi
Alameh, K.
Lee, Y.
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Juswardy, Budi
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Lee, Y.
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description A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) structure based on using a custom-made fiber array and an Opto-VLSI processor is proposed and demonstrated. The fiber array consists of N pairs of angled fibers corresponding to N channels, each of which can independently perform add, drop, and thru functions through a reconfigurable Opto-VLSI beam steerer. Experimental results show that the ROADM structure can attain an average add, drop/thru insertion loss of 5.5 dB and a uniformity of 0.3 dB over a wide bandwidth from 1524 nm to 1576 nm, and a drop/thru crosstalk level as small as -40 dB. © 2008 Optical Society of America.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-77692018-03-29T09:05:39Z Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors Xiao, F. Juswardy, Budi Alameh, K. Lee, Y. A reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) structure based on using a custom-made fiber array and an Opto-VLSI processor is proposed and demonstrated. The fiber array consists of N pairs of angled fibers corresponding to N channels, each of which can independently perform add, drop, and thru functions through a reconfigurable Opto-VLSI beam steerer. Experimental results show that the ROADM structure can attain an average add, drop/thru insertion loss of 5.5 dB and a uniformity of 0.3 dB over a wide bandwidth from 1524 nm to 1576 nm, and a drop/thru crosstalk level as small as -40 dB. © 2008 Optical Society of America. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7769 10.1364/OE.16.011703 Optical Society of America restricted
spellingShingle Xiao, F.
Juswardy, Budi
Alameh, K.
Lee, Y.
Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors
title Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors
title_full Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors
title_fullStr Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors
title_full_unstemmed Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors
title_short Novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and Opto-VLSI processors
title_sort novel broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer employing custom fiber arrays and opto-vlsi processors
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7769