Title :
Ultra-wide temperature range (-30∼70 °C) operation of athermal AWG module using pure aluminum plate
Author :
Hasegawa, Junichi ; Nara, Kazutaka
Author_Institution :
FITEL Photonics Laboratory, Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We have elucidated an origin of a temperature dependence of a center wavelength in an athermal AWG and demonstrated an ultra-wide temperature range (-30∼70 °C) operation using a pure aluminum plate for the first time.
Keywords :
aluminium; arrayed waveguide gratings; modules; thermo-optical effects; Al; aluminum plate; athermal AWG module; Aluminum; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Equations; Optical devices; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Thermal expansion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215552
