MIN

Typ.

MAX

Number of Channels

96

96

CH

Number Channel Spacing

50GHz

50

GHz

Center Wavelength

ITU frequency, measured in vacuum.

C-band

nm

Clear Channel Passband

Centered at each ITU channel frequency

±6.25

GHz

Wavelength Stability

Maximum range of the wavelength error  of all channels and temperatures in average polarization.

±0.05

nm

-1dB Channel Bandwidth

Clear channel bandwidth defined by passband shape. For each Channel.

0.20

nm

-3dB Channel Bandwidth

Clear channel bandwidth defined by passband shape. For each channel.

0.28

nm

ITU

Optical Insertion Loss at ITU grid

Defined as the minimum transmission at ITU wavelength for all channels. For each channel, at all temperatures and polarizations with connectors.

12.0

dB

Adjacent Channel Isolation

Ratio of peak transmission to the maximum transmission over both adjacent ITU wavelengths

25

dB

Non-Adjacent, Channel Isolation

Ratio of peak transmission in channel

passband to the maximum transmission over all non-adjacent ITU wavelength

30

dB

 Total Crosstalk

Ratio of power in channel to power in all other ITU wavelength

20

dB

Insertion Loss Uniformity

The difference between the maximum and minimum of passband across all channels

0.8

1.3

dB

Directivity(Mux Only)

Ratio of reflected power out of any channel(other than channel n)to power in from the input channel n

40

dB

Optical Return loss

Input & output ports

45

dB

Polarization Dependent Loss in Clear Channel Band

Worst-case value measured in ± 20GHz around ITU wavelength for each port.

0.3

0.5

dB

Polarization Mode Dispersion

Maximum differential group delay within reference ITU wavelength

1.0

ps

Chromatic Dispersion

Maximum change rate of group delay versus wavelength within reference ITU wavelength

-20

+20

ps/nm

Maximum Input Optical Power

Maximum continuous optical power

500

mW