Demultiplexers with /spl sim/10 pm (1.25 GHz) -3dB transmission bandwidth using a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA)
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Shijun Xiao; Weiner, A.M.; Lin, C.
- Source
- Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004 Optical fiber communications Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004. 1:500 2004
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Phased arrays
Bandwidth
Wavelength division multiplexing
Demultiplexing
Reflectivity
Optical signal processing
Arrayed waveguide gratings
Laser mode locking
Optical reflection
Signal resolution
- Language
We demonstrate 12-17 pm and 7-9 pm linewidth for the virtually imaged phased array wavelength demultiplexer with 100 GHz and 50 GHz free spectral range respectively. We also present the first analytic theory for the linewidth.