WAVELENGTH TUNABLE OPTICAL ADD AND DROP MULTIPLEXER UTILIZING COUPLEDSEMICONDUCTOR WAVE-GUIDES AND A STRIPED THIN-FILM HEATER

Authors
HORITA M TANAKA S MATSUSHIMA Y
Citation
M. Horita et al., WAVELENGTH TUNABLE OPTICAL ADD AND DROP MULTIPLEXER UTILIZING COUPLEDSEMICONDUCTOR WAVE-GUIDES AND A STRIPED THIN-FILM HEATER, Electronics Letters, 34(23), 1998, pp. 2240-2241
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2240 - 2241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:23<2240:WTOAAD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A wavelength tunable semiconductor optical ADM is implemented which ut ilises coupled semiconductor waveguides and a striped thin-film hearer . Stable optical characteristics over an 11 nm tuning range, such as i nsertion loss variation, crosstalk and 3dB optical bandwidth are demon strated. Through 5 Gbit/s demultiplexing experiments it was confirmed that there were no inherent transmission problems due to the device ev en when the centre wavelength was tuned. Also the possibility of penal ty-free tunable demultiplexing was demonstrated for the first time.