Novel design of bi-directional triplexer based on PLC

Chenglin Xu; Linping Shen; Dong Zhou; Wei-Ping Huang; Jin Hong

doi:10.1117/12.628733

12 October 2005 Novel design of bi-directional triplexer based on PLC

Chenglin Xu, Linping Shen, Dong Zhou, Wei-Ping Huang, Jin Hong

Proceedings Volume 5970, Photonic Applications in Devices and Communication Systems; 59700K (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.628733
Event: Photonics North, 2005, Toronto, Canada

Abstract

As the development of the technology, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) becomes a feasible solution to meet the increasing demand on bandwidth. Due to the massive number of end users, cheap and reliable components become the bottleneck to deploy the new technology. Triplexer is one of the key components in the FTTH and is used by every end user. Currently, the available triplexers are either based on bulk optics or fiber optics with large size and high price due to manual labor involved. Planar lightwave circuit (PLC) is a possible technology for massive production and cost reduction. However, it is very challenging to design such bi-directional triplexer on PLC. The first challenge is that three channels, at λ=1310nm, 1490nm, and 1555nm, are separated unevenly over a very large wavelength range; Secondly, the bandwidths of the three channels, Δλ=100nm, 20nm, and 10nm, are very different. In the paper, we proposed a novel design by combining both coarse WDM and dense WDM. In the design, a multi-mode interference (MMI) device is used for coarse WDM to separate the 1310nm from the other two channels. The dense WDM for the remaining two channels is performed by an array waveguide gratings (AWG). The MMI and AWG are built on the same wafer with monolithic integration. Initial simulation results show it is a very promising device.

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Chenglin Xu, Linping Shen, Dong Zhou, Wei-Ping Huang, and Jin Hong "Novel design of bi-directional triplexer based on PLC", Proc. SPIE 5970, Photonic Applications in Devices and Communication Systems, 59700K (12 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.628733

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