Features:

• Passive operation

• Flexible upgrade path to 40 channels

• Flat pass band design

• Low loss express using 10-skip-0 filter

• 27.5 GHz clear pass band

• Low loss (<4.0dB)

• High adjacent channel isolation

• -5 to 70°C operating temperature

• Compact Size (120x80x14mm)

• Telecordia GR-1221 qualified

• RoHS compliant

Options:

• Ribbon connectors

• Uniform loss or matched mux/demux loss

• Optical monitor ports

• OADM function

• Without 10-skip-0 filter

• Rack mount or LGX enclosure

Applications:

• Metro and long-haul mux/demux

• OADM nodes

• Subsystem building block

Example Performance:

Data Sheet

1

Bookham offers a high performance 10 channel multiplexer or

demultiplexer solution for 100 GHz channels. This product

uses Bookham proprietary Advanced Energetic Disposition

(AED) thin film deposition technology for superior performance.

The Bookham 10 channel solutions offer an ideal combination

of fully passive operation, low loss, compact size, wide

channel pass bands and an upgrade path to 40 channels.

Insertion loss of <4.0dB is achieved in the uniform loss version

of the product. Matched mux-demux pairs are offered with

typical back-to-back insertion loss of 5dB. Ribbon connector

options are available for easy interconnection to the rest of the

system. Thin film technology provides a flat-topped pass band

design that allows for less stringent control of the laser

wavelength over the system lifetime.

These flexible upgrade modules use the Bookham 10-skip-0

banded upgrade port. The 10-skip-0 filter passes ten 100GHz

spaced channels to the ITU channel filters. The same filter

reflects all remaining channels onto the express port with very

low loss. Modules can be cascaded to form 20, 30, or 40

channel filter solutions. The 10 skip 0 banded port also

allows optical add drop multiplexing (OADM) functionality

for this module.

10 Channel Mux/Demux with low-loss express;

100GHz Channels