Planar lightwave circuit based reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer architectures and reusable subsystem module

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 313 - 322
• Main Authors: Earnshaw, M.P., Cappuzzo, M., Chen, E., Gomez, L., Griffin, A., Laskowski, E., Wong-Foy, A., Soole, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-03-2005; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Architecture; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuit design; Circuits; Computer networks; Cost engineering; Costs; Devices; Integrated optics; Multiplexing; Networks; optical communications; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Reusable; Wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM); Wavelength routing
• ISSN: 1077-260X; 1558-4542
• DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846542

We describe a wide range of reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer architecture designs that may be implemented in standard silica-on-silicon planar lightwave circuits. This proven, reliable technology offers high performance and cost-effective solutions for reducing complex service provisioning in reconfigurable optical networks. Recent advances enable very flexible wavelength routing devices for mesh- and ring-based networks to be implemented on a common subsystem integration platform. We show excellent system performance at 10 Gb/s.