Reconfigurable 16-channel WDM DROP module using silicon MEMS optical switches

Authors
Giles, CR Barber, B Aksyuk, V Ruel, R Stulz, L Bishop, D
Citation
Cr. Giles et al., Reconfigurable 16-channel WDM DROP module using silicon MEMS optical switches, IEEE PHOTON, 11(1), 1999, pp. 63-65
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
63 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199901)11:1<63:R1WDMU>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A reconfigurable 16-channel 100-GHz spacing wavelength-division-multiplexed DROP module for use at 1550 nm was demonstrated using silicon microelectro mechanical system (MEMS) optical switches and arrayed waveguide grating rou ters. Thru-channel extinction was greater than 40 dB and average insertion loss was 21 dB, Both drop-and-retransmit of multiple channels (11-18 dB con trast, 14-19-dB insertion loss) and drop-and-detect of single channels (>20 -dB adjacent channel rejection, 10-14-dB insertion loss) were implemented.