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Edwin Jan Klein - Universiteit Twente

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Polarization independent devices<br />

If signals also need to be added to the bus waveguide, however, as is the case for the<br />

1xn optical add-drop multiplexer, the bi-directional use of the resonators is no longer<br />

possible. This is because it is impossible to create the add- and express through ports<br />

without opening the loops that were added in Figure 8.7 to create the bi-directional<br />

propagation through the resonators. The OADM therefore needs to be implemented as<br />

shown in Figure 8.8, using the unidirectional polarization diversity approach.<br />

Figure. 8.8. A polarization independent 1xn Add-Drop multiplexer (left) and the polarization<br />

diverse alternative that uses unidirectional micro-resonators (right).<br />

8.4 Polarization diverse Router<br />

Fortunately the router is one of the components that can benefit significantly from bidirectional<br />

polarization diversity. Figure 8.9 shows the unidirectional polarization<br />

diversity implementation of a 1 ⋅ m ⋅ n router. The router consists of two identical<br />

Figure 8.9. Polarization diverse implementation of an 1 ⋅ m ⋅ n wavelength router that uses<br />

unidirectional micro-resonators.

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