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Components for WDM Networks Xavier Fernando ADROIT Group Ryerson University Passive Devices • These operate completely in the optical domain (no O/E conversion) and does not need electrical power • Split/combine light stream Ex: N X N couplers, power splitters, power taps and star couplers • Technologies: - Fiber based or – Optical waveguides based – Micro (Nano) optics based • Fabricated using optical fiber or waveguide (with special material like InP, LiNbO3) 10.2 Passive Components • Operate completely in optical domain • N x N couplers, power splitters, power taps, star couplers etc. Fig. 10-3: Basic Star Coupler May have N inputs and M outputs • Can be wavelength selective/nonselective • Up to N =M = 64, typically N, M < 10 Fig. 10-4: Fused-fiber coupler / Directional coupler • P3, P4 extremely low ( -70 dB below Po) • Coupling / Splitting Ratio = P2/(P1+P2) • If P1=P2 It is called 3-dB coupler Definitions Splitting (Coupling) Ratio = P2 ( P1 P2 ) Excess Loss =10 Log[ P0 ( P1 P2 )] Insertion Loss =10 Log[ Pin Pout ] Crosstalk = 10 Log( P3 P0 ) Try Ex. 10.2 P1 P0 sin 2 (z ) Coupler characteristics P2 P0 cos 2 (z ) : Coupling Coefficient Coupler Characteristics • By adjusting the draw length of a simple fused fiber coupler, – power ratio can be changed – Can be made wavelength selective Wavelength Selective Devices These perform their operation on the incoming optical signal as a function of the wavelength Examples: • Wavelength add/drop multiplexers • Wavelength selective optical combiners/splitters • Wavelength selective switches and routers Filter, Multiplexer and Router A Static Wavelength Router Fig. 10-11: Fused-fiber star coupler Splitting Loss = -10 Log(1/N) dB Excess Loss = 10 Log (Total Pin/Total Pout) Fused couplers have high excess loss Fig. 10-12: 8x8 bi-directional star coupler by cascading 3 stages of 3-dB Couplers 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2 5, 6 3, 4 7, 8 N Number of 3-dB Couplers N c = log 2 N 2 (12 = 4 X 3) Try Ex. 10.5 Fiber Bragg Grating • This is invented at Communication Research Center, Ottawa, Canada • The FBG has changed the way optical filtering is done • The FBG has so many applications • The FBG changes a single mode fiber (all pass filter) into a wavelength selective filter Fiber Brag Grating (FBG) • Basic FBG is an in-fiber passive optical band reject filter • FBG is created by imprinting a periodic perturbation in the fiber core • The spacing between two adjacent slits is called the pitch • Grating play an important role in: – – – – Wavelength filtering Dispersion compensation Optical sensing EDFA Gain flattening and many more areas Fig. 10-16: Bragg grating formation 2 sin( / 2) uv FBG Theory Exposure to the high intensity UV radiation, the refractive index of the fiber core (n) permanently changes to a periodic function of z n( z ) ncore n[1 cos( 2z / )] z: Distance measured along fiber core axis : Pitch of the grating ncore: Core refractive index Reflection at FBG Fig. 10-17: Simple de-multiplexing function Reflected Wavelength B 2neff Peak Reflectivity Rmax = tanh2(kL) Wavelength Selective DEMUX Dispersion Compensation using FBG Longer wavelengths take more time Reverse the operation of dispersive fiber Shorter wavelengths take more time ADD/DROP MUX FBG Reflects in both directions; it is bidirectional Fig. 10-27: Extended add/drop Mux Advanced Grating Profiles FBG Properties Advantages • Easy to manufacture, low cost, ease of coupling • Minimal insertion losses – approx. 0.1 db or less • Passive devices Disadvantages • Sensitive to temperature and strain. • Any change in temperature or strain in a FBG causes the grating period and/or the effective refractive index to change, which causes the Bragg wavelength to change. neff neff neff T T Interferometers Interferometer An interferometric device uses 2 interfering paths of different lengths to resolve wavelengths Typical configuration: two 3-dB directional couplers connected with 2 paths having different lengths Applications: — wideband filters (coarse WDM) separate signals at1300 nm from those at 1550 nm — narrowband filters: filter bandwidth depends on the number of cascades (i.e. the number of 3-dB couplers connected) Fig. 10-13: Basic Mach-Zehnder interferometer Phase shift of the propagating wave increases with L, Constructive or destructive interference depending on L Mach-Zehnder interferometer Phase shift at the output due to the propagation path length difference: 2 neff L If the power from both inputs (at different wavelengths) to be added at output port 2, then, 1 1 2 neff L 1 2 Try Ex. 10-6 Mach-Zehnder interferometer Fig. 10-14: Four-channel wavelength multiplexer Mach-Zehnder interferometer Mach-Zehnder interferometer MZI- Demux Example Fiber Grating Filters • Grating is a periodic structure or perturbation in a material • Transmitting or Reflecting gratings • The spacing between two adjacent slits is called the pitch • Grating play an important role in: – Wavelength filtering – Dispersion compensation – EDFA Gain flattening and many more areas Reflection grating Different wavelength can be separated/added Arrayed wave guide grating Phase Array Based WDM Devices • The arrayed waveguide is a generalization of 2x2 MZI multiplexer • The lengths of adjacent waveguides differ by a constant L • Different wavelengths get multiplexed (multi-inputs one output) or de-multiplexed (one input multi output) • For wavelength routing applications multiinput multi-output routers are available Diffraction gratings source impinges on a diffraction grating ,each wavelength is diffracted at a different angle Using a lens, these wavelengths can be focused onto individual fibers. Less channel isolation between closely spaced wavelengths. Arrayed Waveguide Grating -- good performance -- quicker design cycle time -- more cost effective --- higher channel count Multi wavelength sources • Series of discrete DFB lasers – Straight forward, but expensive stable sources • Wavelength tunable lasers – By changing the temperature (0.1 nm/OC) – By altering the injection current (0.006 nm/mA) • Multi-wavelength laser array – Integrated on the same substrate – Multiple quantum wells for better optical and carrier confinement • Spectral slicing – LED source and comb filters Tunable Filters • At least one branch of the coupler has its length or ref. index altered by a control mechanism • Parameters: tuning range (depends on amplifier bandwidth), channel spacing (to minimize crosstalk), maximum number of channels (N) and tuning speed Fig. 10-23: Tunable optical filter Fig. 10-21: Tunable laser characteristics Typically, tuning range 10-15 nm, Channel spacing = 10 X Channel width Summary • DWDM plays an important role in high capacity optical networks • Theoretically enormous capacity is possible • Practically wavelength selective (optical signal processing) components decide it • Passive signal processing elements are attractive • Optical amplifications is imperative to realize DWDM networks