Suppression of temperature and polarization dependence by polymer overcladding in silica-based AWG multiplexer

Author

Kim, Dongkyu ; Han, Yi ; Shin, Jeyong ; Park, Soojin ; Park, Yu-Seop ; Sung, Hyungsu ; Lee, Sang-Rim ; Lee, Youngjoo

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecomm. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2003

fDate

23-28 March 2003

Firstpage

61

Abstract

A temperature and polarization-insensitive arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexer was realized by forming a polymer overcladding with negative thermo-optic coefficient on the silica core and undercladding without deteriorating the loss and crosstalk characteristics of the original silica AWG multiplexer.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical polymers; silicon compounds; thermo-optical effects; SiO₂; crosstalk characteristics; negative thermo-optic coefficient; polarization dependence suppression; polarization-insensitive arrayed waveguide grating; polymer overcladding; silica-based AWG multiplexer; temperature dependence suppression; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Crosstalk; Insertion loss; Multiplexing; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Polymers; Propagation losses; Silicon compounds; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003

Print_ISBN

1-55752-746-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2003.1247489

Filename

1247489