SBIR Phase I: Low Cost, High Performance, Compact Wavelength Blocker For Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers

这个第一阶段的小型企业创新研究项目是为光纤通信网络中的可重构光分插复用器(ROADM)开发一种新颖、低成本、高性能和紧凑的波长阻塞器。企业ROADM网络的主要优势是能够随时随地根据需要增加容量，并确保底层网络将自动补偿增加的流量，消除了手动调整或大规模升级的需要。ROADM正在迅速成为满足运营商城域网络需求的设备供应商的必备产品，在不久的将来将带来数十亿美元的市场。

This Phase I Small Business Innovation Research project is to develop a novel, low cost, high performance and compact wavelength blocker for Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) in fiber telecommunication networks.The primary benefit of an enterprise ROADM network is its ability to add capacity wherever and whenever it is required, with the assurance that the underlying network will automatically compensate for the added traffic, eliminating the need for manual tuning or wholesale upgrades. ROADMs are very rapidly becoming a must-have for equipment vendors serving carriers' metro network needs, resulting in a multi-billion dollar market in near future.