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Limits to the Exponential Advances in DWDM Filter Technology? DARPA/MTO WDM for Military Platforms DARPA/MTO WDM for Military Platforms DARPA/MTO WDM for Military Platforms DARPA/MTO WDM for Military Platforms April 18-19, 2000 April 18-19, 2000 April 18-19, 2000 April 18-19, 2000 McLean McLean McLean McLean, VA , VA , VA , VA Philip J. Anthony E-TEK Dynamics San Jose CA [email protected] APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITED REVIEW OF THIS MATERIAL DOES NOT IMPLY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDORSEMENT OF FACTUAL ACCURACY OR OPINION

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Limits to the Exponential Advancesin DWDM Filter Technology?

DARPA/MTO WDM for Military PlatformsDARPA/MTO WDM for Military PlatformsDARPA/MTO WDM for Military PlatformsDARPA/MTO WDM for Military PlatformsApril 18-19, 2000April 18-19, 2000April 18-19, 2000April 18-19, 2000

McLeanMcLeanMcLeanMcLean, VA, VA, VA, VA

Philip J. AnthonyE-TEK Dynamics

San Jose CA

[email protected]

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Limits to the Exponential Advancesin DWDM Filter Technology?

DARPA/MTO WDM for Military Platforms

• Progress in DWDM Filtering Technology! Thin Film Filters! Arrayed Waveguide Gratings! Holographic Gratings

• Interleaver Status• Roadmap for the Near Future

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TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS

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1) Jesse H. Ausubel, "Where is Energy Going?", The Industrial Physicist, Vol. 6 (1), p. 17 (Feb. 2000). pja 3/2/00

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50GHz DWDM Spectrum-Transmission

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AWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUXAWG DWDM MUX & DEMUX

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Basic Waveguide Structure

Silicon-on-SiliconSilicon-on-SiliconSilicon-on-SiliconSilicon-on-Silicon((((Bookham Bookham Bookham Bookham Technology)Technology)Technology)Technology)

•easier to manufacture, Si-CMOS process•pure semiconductorwaveguide, small bendingradius, small chip size• difficult to package dueto mode miss-match•few vendors, little R&D•offer lowest X-Talk•further integration, OEIC

Si-Substrate

SiO2 BufferSi-Waveguide

SiO2 Cladding

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Packaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWGPackaged Silicon AWG

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Holographic grating DWMHolographic grating DWM

Simple structure, high channel count

Planar waveguideswithS-bends

Concave holographicgrating

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Holographic Grating AttributesHolographic Grating Attributes

•High channel count, yet completelypassive

•High isolation >40 dB•Less developed than PAWG

Issues:!Channel uniformity!Passband flatness!Polarization-dependent loss

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Measured HG Response (Not Flattened)Measured HG Response (Not Flattened)

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Basic Michelson-Gires-Basic Michelson-Gires-TournoisTournois Interleaver Structure Interleaver Structure

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After Dingel and Aruga, JLT vol. 17(8), pp. 1461, 1999.

L1 = 2L2

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Packaged Prototype 25-GHz InterleaverPackaged Prototype 25-GHz Interleaver

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25-GHz Interleaver Characteristics25-GHz Interleaver Characteristics

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25-GHz Interleaver Characteristics25-GHz Interleaver Characteristics

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25-GHz Interleaver Characteristics25-GHz Interleaver Characteristics(Insertion Loss ~ 2 dB)(Insertion Loss ~ 2 dB)

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System Demo with KestrelSystem Demo with Kestrel

• Using a 25-GHz interleaver and 10-Gbpsoptical FDM systems, a two-channel ultra-dense WDM system was demonstrated.

• BERs down to 10-12 were achieved.• No BER floor observed.• Power penalty due to interleaver was

negligible.

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Optical Frequency Division Multiplexing (Kestrel)Optical Frequency Division Multiplexing (Kestrel)

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Spectra For Three Different Methods Of Transmitting 10 GbpsSpectra For Three Different Methods Of Transmitting 10 Gbps

TDM:OC-192

DWDM:4 OC-48’s

Optical FDM

20 GHz

50 GHz

Less than 20 GHz(Kestrel)(Kestrel)(Kestrel)(Kestrel)(Kestrel)(Kestrel)(Kestrel)(Kestrel)

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DWDM System BERDWDM System BER

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Impact of Interleaver on BERImpact of Interleaver on BER

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INTERLEAVER DISPERSIONINTERLEAVER DISPERSION

E-TEK Interleaver Dispersion Measurement

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Special Thanks to Agilent Technologies: R. Fortenberry, F. Liang, A. Nooriala, J. Zhang for dispersion measurement

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Less Than 1ps DGDLess Than 1ps DGD

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Temperature Dependent of Type II 100 GHz Interleaver

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Interleaver Temperature DependenceInterleaver Temperature Dependence

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DWDM Component Development Road MapDWDM Component Development Road Map

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Thin FilmThin FilmThin FilmThin FilmThin FilmThin FilmThin FilmThin Film

AWGAWGAWGAWGAWGAWGAWGAWG

Diffraction GratingDiffraction GratingDiffraction GratingDiffraction GratingDiffraction GratingDiffraction GratingDiffraction GratingDiffraction Grating

Add/DropAdd/DropAdd/DropAdd/DropAdd/DropAdd/DropAdd/DropAdd/Drop

Wavelength LockerWavelength LockerWavelength LockerWavelength LockerWavelength LockerWavelength LockerWavelength LockerWavelength Locker

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OPTICAL NETWORK EVOLUTIONOPTICAL NETWORK EVOLUTION

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Networking Functionality in the Optical LayerNetworking Functionality in the Optical Layer

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