• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 39, Issue 11, 1105005 (2012)
Li Jinxing*, Chen Kaixin, and Zheng Yanlin
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    DOI: 10.3788/cjl201239.1105005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Li Jinxing, Chen Kaixin, Zheng Yanlin. A Novel Asymmetric Interleaver with Arbitrary Bandwidth Ratio Based on Planar Optical Waveguide[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(11): 1105005 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In order to improve transmission efficiency of optical-fiber communication system for hybrid 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s system, a novel device configuration for realizing an asymmetrical optical interleaver based on planar optical waveguide is proposed, which is a clever combination of optical micro-ring and Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Theoretical results show that optical interleaver with arbitrary bandwidth ratio and with the proposed structure can be obtained by controlling some key parameters. As an example, an asymmetrical interleaver with 12 interleaving ratio is presented, which can apportion 32.85 GHz and 67.15 GHz passband bandwidth for the 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s channels over 100 GHz channel spacing respectively. Therefore, the bandwidth efficiency requirement of the 40 Gbit/s channel is relieved. Furthermore, by analyzing the effect of optical power splitting ratio of the three two-mode interferometers on the output spectrum bandwidth ratio, the design instances of asymmetrical interleaver with different bandwidth ratios at the same channel space are given.
    Li Jinxing, Chen Kaixin, Zheng Yanlin. A Novel Asymmetric Interleaver with Arbitrary Bandwidth Ratio Based on Planar Optical Waveguide[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(11): 1105005
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