Title :
Low-loss planar lightwave circuit OADM with high isolation and no polarization dependence
Author :
Albert, J. ; Bilodeau, F. ; Johnson, D.C. ; Hill, K.O. ; Hattori, K. ; Kitagawa, T. ; Hibino, Y. ; Abe, M.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A passive optical add-drop multiplexer with 1 dB of insertion loss and 36 dB of isolation is fabricated by writing Bragg gratings in a waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer using ArF excimer laser light. The spectral properties and bit-error-rate performance of the device are fully characterized using polarized light.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; error statistics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide components; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 dB; ArF; ArF excimer laser light; Bragg gratings; bit-error-rate performance; fabrication; insertion loss; low-loss planar lightwave circuit; passive optical add-drop multiplexer; planar lightwave circuit optical add-drop multiplexer; polarized light; spectral properties; waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Bragg gratings; Circuits; Insertion loss; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
