Title :
GI-core polymer parallel optical waveguide with high-loss, carbon-black-doped cladding for extra low inter-channel crosstalk
Author :
Uno, Hisashi ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricate graded-index (GI) polymer parallel optical waveguides with high-loss carbon-black-doped cladding. The waveguides exhibit lower inter-channel crosstalk (-69.3dB) than optically-transparent clad waveguides (~-33.9dB) and maintain low propagation loss (0.029dB/cm).
Keywords :
carbon; claddings; gradient index optics; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical films; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; JkJk:C; graded-index core polymer optical waveguide; high-loss carbon-black-doped cladding; interchannel crosstalk; optically-transparent clad waveguides; propagation loss;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698780
