Vertically Integrated Broadband Duplexer for Erbium-Doped Waveguide Amplifiers Made by Ion Exchange on Glass

Author

Onestas, Lydie ; Bucci, Davide ; Ghibaudo, Elise ; Broquin, Jean-Emmanuel

Author_Institution

LAHC, IMEP, Grenoble, France

Volume

23

Issue

10

fYear

2011

fDate

5/15/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

648

Lastpage

650

Abstract

The hybrid integration of optical amplifier modules requires the development of a new kind of pump/signal duplexers. In this letter, a new structure highly compatible with pump diode waveguides (λ = 0.98 μm), optical fibers (λ = 1.55 μm), and hybrid erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers is proposed. The device, based on a vertically integrated asymmetric Y-junction, has been realized by cascading three ion exchanges on a glass substrate. Bandwidth of more than 200 nm around the two working wavelengths has been demonstrated with isolations between the two outputs reaching (21 ± 0.4) dB at λ = 0.98 μm and (44 ± 0.4) dB at λ = 1.55 μm and low losses.

Keywords

erbium; integrated optics; ion exchange; multiplexing equipment; optical pumping; optical waveguides; glass substrate; hybrid erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers; hybrid integration; ion exchanges; isolations; optical amplifier modules; optical fibers; pump diode waveguides; pump-signal duplexers; vertically integrated asymmetric Y-junction; vertically integrated broadband duplexer; wavelength 0.98 mum; wavelength 1.55 mum; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical surface waves; Propagation losses; Surface waves; Waveguide lasers; 3-D integration; Asymmetric Y-junction; integrated optics; ion-exchange; pump-signal multiplexer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2120603

Filename

5720510