Ultra small and low power consumption 8ch variable optical attenuator multiplexer (V-AWG) using multi-chip PLC integration technology

1 January 2005

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Vol. 2
https://doi.org/10.1109/ofc.2005.192612

Abstract

We have developed an ultra small 8ch variable optical attenuator multiplexer (V-AWG) with excellent optical performance using multi-chip planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology. The insertion loss is 5.0 dB for a flat-top spectrum and the polarization dependent loss (PDL) at 15 dB attenuation is 0.4 dB. The module is 70 /spl times/ 45 /spl times/ 14 mm including the control board and this is 1/20 the size of a multi source agreement (MSA) type V-AWG Moreover, the total power consumption of this 8ch module is only 0.8 W.

Keywords

ENERGY CONSUMPTION
OPTICAL ATTENUATORS
MULTIPLEXING
PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL
OPTICAL LOSSES
CIRCUITS
INSERTION LOSS
OPTICAL POLARIZATION
PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES
SIZE CONTROL

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