Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability

Reconfigurable wavelength-selective devices are essential components of flexible optical networks. Here the authors show a silicon-photonic add-drop multiplexer meeting the strict requirements of telecom systems in terms of broadband operation range, hitless tunability and polarization transparency.

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Main Authors: Francesco Morichetti, Maziyar Milanizadeh, Matteo Petrini, Francesco Zanetto, Giorgio Ferrari, Douglas Oliveira de Aguiar, Emanuele Guglielmi, Marco Sampietro, Andrea Melloni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24640-5
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spelling doaj-da04dd6e21e74625bcf1cfad390d7bb52021-07-18T11:42:58ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-07-011211710.1038/s41467-021-24640-5Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneabilityFrancesco Morichetti0Maziyar Milanizadeh1Matteo Petrini2Francesco Zanetto3Giorgio Ferrari4Douglas Oliveira de Aguiar5Emanuele Guglielmi6Marco Sampietro7Andrea Melloni8Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e BioingegneriaReconfigurable wavelength-selective devices are essential components of flexible optical networks. Here the authors show a silicon-photonic add-drop multiplexer meeting the strict requirements of telecom systems in terms of broadband operation range, hitless tunability and polarization transparency.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24640-5
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author Francesco Morichetti
Maziyar Milanizadeh
Matteo Petrini
Francesco Zanetto
Giorgio Ferrari
Douglas Oliveira de Aguiar
Emanuele Guglielmi
Marco Sampietro
Andrea Melloni
spellingShingle Francesco Morichetti
Maziyar Milanizadeh
Matteo Petrini
Francesco Zanetto
Giorgio Ferrari
Douglas Oliveira de Aguiar
Emanuele Guglielmi
Marco Sampietro
Andrea Melloni
Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
Nature Communications
author_facet Francesco Morichetti
Maziyar Milanizadeh
Matteo Petrini
Francesco Zanetto
Giorgio Ferrari
Douglas Oliveira de Aguiar
Emanuele Guglielmi
Marco Sampietro
Andrea Melloni
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title Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
title_short Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
title_full Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
title_fullStr Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
title_full_unstemmed Polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
title_sort polarization-transparent silicon photonic add-drop multiplexer with wideband hitless tuneability
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2021-07-01
description Reconfigurable wavelength-selective devices are essential components of flexible optical networks. Here the authors show a silicon-photonic add-drop multiplexer meeting the strict requirements of telecom systems in terms of broadband operation range, hitless tunability and polarization transparency.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24640-5
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