Title

Demonstration Of The Mems Digital Micromirror Device-Based Broadband Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Filter For Dense Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Systems

Keywords

Add-drop multiplexer; Fiber optics; Filter; Microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS); Reconfigurable; Wavelength selection

Abstract

For the first time, an optimized optical add-drop filter (OADF) for dense wavelength-division-multiplexing systems is demonstrated using the Texas Instruments microelectro-mechanical-system Digital Micromirror Device (DMD™). This OADF features a polarization-insensitive fault-tolerant broadband operation, low loss, and the ability to selectively add/drop with high-wavelength-resolution multiple channels in the C telecommunications band. The proof-of-concept OADF designed for the C-band demonstrates low insertion loss, 0.15-dB polarization dependent loss, 3-dB wavelength resolution of 0.4 nm, and an average crosstalk of better than 30 dB. With the use of a reference mirror, the OADF becomes a multiwavelength 2 × 2 routing switch. © 2007 IEEE.

Publication Date

2-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volume

25

Issue

2

Number of Pages

520-526

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2007.893164

Socpus ID

34147139804 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34147139804

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