Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247489
