Low-loss channelized WDM spectral equalizer using lightwave micromachines and autonomous power regulation

Randy Clinton Giles,David J. Bishop,Vladimir A. Aksyuk,Andrew Dentai,R. Ruel,E. Burrow

Low-loss channelized WDM spectral equalizer using lightwave micromachines and autonomous power regulation

1999

Randy Clinton Giles
David J. Bishop
Vladimir A. Aksyuk
Andrew Dentai
R. Ruel
E. Burrow

A 16-channel 100-GHz spacing WDM spectral equalizer having athermal grating multiplexer/demultiplexers and MEMS variable attenuators was demonstrated with 50 dB dynamic range and autonomous power regulation using self-powered optical limiters incorporating InGaAs photogenerators.

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Optical add-drop multiplexer
Limiter
Multiplexer
Channelized
Wavelength-division multiplexing
Multiplexing
Electronic engineering
Optical cross-connect
Optical performance monitoring
Optics
Engineering
Attenuator (electronics)
Diffraction grating

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