Integrated Optical Wavelength Converters and Routers for Robust Wavelength-Agile Analog/ Digital Optical Networks New Ideas Planar InP active, passive and filter waveguides for optical wavelength conversion, monitoring and routing/mux/demux on a common platform. Novel 2-stage all-optical converter for any lin to lout using fixed optical filters Integrated mode converters for low NF and high performance analog and digital operation New etching techniques to realize ring resonator filters and TIR mirrors on integrated platform OEO wavelength conversion for analog and digital monitoring Impact July – Sept 02 Oct – Dec 02 Jan – Mar 03 April – June 03 July – Sept 03 Scalable, dynamically reconfigurable analog/digital WDM optical networks Low power, small footprint, low cost modules for ship, aircraft and mobile applications Penetration of agile high bandwidth on-demand optical networks into military applications New platforms and tools to integrate photonic functions and modules at the chip level. Bring down system size, cost and power dissipation Task 1: AOWC 2/3/03 Integration process Report 9/1/03 Delivery of single stage SOA-IWC Task 2: Filter 9/1/03 Demonstrate InP filter and TIR Mirror 9/1/03 Delivery of OEIC-WC and PD/EAM Design Consideration Task 3: OEIC-WC