Title :
Athermal all-polymer arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer
Author :
Yao, H.H. ; Zawadzki, Crispin ; Keil, Norbert
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
All-polymer AWG wavelength routers were designed, fabricated and characterized. An athermal device, associated with polarization-independence, was realized through properly matching the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the polymer substrate and the thermo optic coefficient of the polymer waveguide. The investigation on the wavelength trimming and dynamic matching range of all-polymer AWGs as well as the development of new polymers are currently being studied and will be reported at the conference.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; diffraction gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; telecommunication network routing; thermo-optical effects; CTE; TO coefficient; all-polymer AWG wavelength routers; all-polymer AWGs; athermal all-polymer arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer; athermal device; coefficient of thermal expansion; polarization-independence; polymer substrate; polymer waveguide; wavelength trimming; Erbium; Gratings; Multiplexing; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036169
