Title :
Integrated polymer/semiconductor grating reflector for WDM applications
Author :
Ozturk, C. ; Byun, Y.T. ; Sakamoto, S. ; Dagli, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have presented a novel semiconductor/polymer hybrid tunable optical filter idea and initial results showing the proof of concept. This approach has the potential of producing very high performance tunable add/drop multiplexers needed for next generation optical fiber networks
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical polymers; optical tuning; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM applications; high performance tunable add/drop multiplexers; integrated polymer/semiconductor grating reflector; optical fiber networks; proof of concept; semiconductor/polymer hybrid tunable optical filter; Costs; Filters; Gallium arsenide; Gratings; Optical fiber communication; Polymers; Reflection; Semiconductor waveguides; Substrates; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739432
