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US 6,611,638 B2Granted
High performance optical add/drop multiplexer and optical wavelength multiplexing network
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorShinji Sakano
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AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorShinji Sakano
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In making use of an add/drop multiplexer for demultiplexing or multiplexing signal light of a few specific wavelengths from signal light subjected to optical wavelength multiplexing, a fiber bragg grating is excellent for enhancing rejection of a leakage of a demultiplexed light, but with respect to a high speed optical signal at the demultiplexing or multiplexing, a waveform deterioration occurs. When a dielectric multilayer film filter is used for dealing with the high speed optical signal, a plurality of filters are used to suppress a coherent cross talk, resulting in an increase of loss of pass-through light and an increase of costs. For a filter portion of at least demultiplexing part, a dielectric multilayer film filter which is short in an optical path and free from deterioration of a high speed optical signal is used, and for demultiplexed light leakage rejecting part between the demultiplexing part and the multiplexing part, a fiber bragg grating which is low in loss of pass-through light, is low in cost and is excellent in the rejection characteristics of filter light is used.
In an add/drop multiplexing constitution in which a dielectric multilayer film filter comprising a multilayer film having dielectric materials of different refractive index laminated is used as a wavelength filter for demultiplexing a first specific wavelength out of a plurality of wavelength signals, and a dielectric multilayer film filter of different refractive index is used as a wavelength filter for superposing insert signal light of the first specific wavelength on other pass-through light signal, a wavelength add/drop multiplexer, characterized in that a fiber bragg grating for rejecting a leakage of wavelength light to be demultiplexed or multiplexed is inserted between said demultiplexing wavelength filter and the multiplexing wavelength filter.
An optical wavelength multiplexing network, using a wavelength add/drop multiplexer, for multiplexing optical signals of at least two or more different wavelengths through an optical fiber transmission path between at least two spots or more to transmit/receive the optical signals, in an add/drop multiplexing constitution, for a signal light add/drop multiplexer, in which a dielectric multilayer film filter comprising a multilayer film having dielectric materials of different refractive index laminated is used as a wavelength filter for demultiplexing a first specific wavelength out of a plurality of wavelength signals transmitted from a spot, and a dielectric multilayer film filter of different refractive index is used as a wavelength filter for superposing an insert signal light of the first specific wavelength on other pass-through light signal, characterized in that a fiber bragg grating for rejecting a leakage of wavelength light to be demultiplexed or multiplexed is inserted between said demultiplexing wavelength filter and the multiplexing wavelength filter.
A optical drop unit characterized in that a dielectric multilayer film filter comprising a multilayer film having dielectric materials of different refractive index laminated is used as a wavelength filter for demultiplexing a first specific wavelength out of a plurality of wavelength signals, and a fiber bragg grating wavelength filter for rejecting a leakage of wavelength light to be demultiplexed is inserted into a port for causing optical signals other than a wavelength to be demultiplexed to pass.
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