• DocumentCode
    2098708
  • Title

    Recent Advances in Silica-based PLCs

  • Author

    Inoue, Yasuyuki

  • Author_Institution
    Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Atsugi
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Lastpage
    172
  • Abstract
    Silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLC) have been developed along with progress on telecommunication systems, thanks to their advantageous features of mass-productivity, compactness, integrability and high reliability. This paper reviews recent advances and future prospects.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; reliability; silicon compounds; SiO2; integrability; planar lightwave circuits; reliability; silica-based PLC; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Couplers; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Programmable control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382331
  • Filename
    4382331