Monolithic 16-wavelength selector based on a chain of passband-flattened cyclic AWGs and optical switches

Opt Lett. 2015 Apr 15;40(8):1795-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.001795.

Abstract

An InP monolithically integrated wavelength selector based on combinations of integrated AWGs and SOAs selects one out of up to 16 input channels. Loss-compensated, error-free WDM channel selection operation with <2.3 dB penalties is reported, with an OSNR of up to 32.5 dB/0.1 nm.