Optical reconfigurable demultiplexer based on Bragg grating assisted ring resonators Articles uri icon

publication date

  • August 2014

start page

  • 19156

end page

  • 19168

issue

  • 16

volume

  • 22

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1094-4087

abstract

  • A polarization independent reconfigurable optical demultiplexer with low crosstalk between adjacent channels and high number of potential allocated channels is designed on silicon on insulator technology. On to off state transitions can be implemented by changing the coupling factor or the ring length. Wavelength selective switch units are cascaded to form the demultiplexer. Crosstalks below -30dB with 50GHz channel spacing and losses below 1.5dB in the off state are obtained from simulations. Designs using carrier dispersion effect and power consumption estimations are included. © 2014 Optical Society of America.

subjects

  • Electronics

keywords

  • crosstalk; adjacent channels; carrier dispersion effects; channel spacings; coupling factor; optical demultiplexers; polarization independent; power consumption estimation; wavelength-selective switches; demultiplexing.