DocumentCode
1415609
Title
Directly UV-written silica-on-silicon planar waveguides with low insertion loss
Author
Zauner, D. ; Kulstad, K. ; Rathje, J. ; Svalgaard, M.
Author_Institution
Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Volume
34
Issue
16
fYear
1998
fDate
8/6/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1582
Lastpage
1584
Abstract
The coupling loss between directly UV-written planar waveguides and standard telecom fibre has been reduced by index matching the three layer structure used for UV writing. Insertion losses down to 0.1 dB for 3 cm long waveguides have been achieved
Keywords
optical fabrication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; silicon compounds; 0.1 dB; 3 cm; SiO2-Si; coupling loss; direct UV writing; index matching; insertion loss; silica-on-silicon planar waveguide; telecom fibre; three layer structure;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19981091
Filename
707152
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