Open AccessLiquid crystal filter based tunable transmitter for 25Gps wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network fronthaul
Author(s) -
M Y Park,
B W Kim,
Martin G. Moehrle,
U. Troppenz,
W. Rehbein,
A. Sigmund,
Seung-Ug Hong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.411907
Subject(s) - wavelength division multiplexing , transmitter , multiplexing , transmission (telecommunications) , optics , liquid crystal tunable filter , passive optical network , optical filter , filter (signal processing) , wavelength , optical communication , computer science , materials science , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , telecommunications , physics , engineering , channel (broadcasting) , computer vision
A novel tunable transmitter structure based on liquid crystal filter, to the best of our knowledge, is presented. The structure is designed for application to 5G fronthaul and supports 25 Gbps dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission and tunable range of 35 nm. The design takes into account easy change of operation band over coarse WDM grid. Prototype samples are developed to test feasibility of the design.