• 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