A new software tool is developed to evaluate the measured/simulated transmission characteristics of optical multiplexers/demultiplexers

D. Seyringer; P. Schmid

doi:10.1117/12.892462

22 September 2011 A new software tool is developed to evaluate the measured/simulated transmission characteristics of optical multiplexers/demultiplexers

D. Seyringer, P. Schmid

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Proceedings Volume 8167, Optical Design and Engineering IV; 81671D (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892462
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2011, Marseille, France

Abstract

A new software tool, called AWG-Analyzer, is developed to evaluate the simulated/measured transmission characteristics of optical multiplexers/demultiplexers based on arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG). The output of the calculation is a set of the transmission parameters like: non-uniformity, adjacent channel crosstalk, non-adjacent channel crosstalk, background crosstalk, insertion loss, polarisation dependent loss (PDL), etc. calculated for each output channel first and then for the whole AWG - the worst case value of each parameter over all the output channels. This set of the parameters is then taken as the AWG specification. The parameters are calculated for a particular channel bandwidth (also known as the channel passband or ITU passband), that is also an input parameter for the calculations. Additionally, the developed software tool, having a user friendly interface, offers the help where all calculated transmission parameters are explained and exactly defined. The tool also includes a brief overview about AWG functionality with a small animation and the information about various AWG types (CWDM and DWDM AWGs, Colourless AWGs).

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D. Seyringer and P. Schmid "A new software tool is developed to evaluate the measured/simulated transmission characteristics of optical multiplexers/demultiplexers", Proc. SPIE 8167, Optical Design and Engineering IV, 81671D (22 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892462

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