Compact tunable polymer WDM devices for on-chip integration

Author

Viens, J.-F. ; Callender, Claire L. ; Noad, J.P.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

133

Abstract

This paper discusses the fabrication and optical properties of polymer-based arrayed waveguide gratings and assesses the potential for optoelectronic integration with on-chip photodetectors. The work is carried out using a planar waveguide based on AlliedSignal polymer materials.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; optical tuning; photolithography; wavelength division multiplexing; broad tuning; compact tunable polymer WDM devices; demultiplexing; fabrication; high channel count DWDM; interchannel crosstalk; on-chip integration; on-chip photodetectors; optical properties; optoelectronic integration; planar waveguide; polymer-based arrayed waveguide gratings; propagation losses; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical device fabrication; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Planar waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.868263

Filename

868263