The characterization of FTTH wavelength selective coupler

Author

Ab-Rahman, Mohammad Syuhaimi ; Abd-Rashid, Mfa Rozana ; Ehsan, Abang Annuar ; Shaari, Sahbudin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi

fYear

2008

fDate

25-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

302

Lastpage

305

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to design and characterize the wavelength selective coupler (WSC). The device which use the concept of coupled mode theory is designed using SU-8 polymer on silica substrate parameters with compliance of FTTH wavelength such as wavelengths 1310 nm (upstream data/voice), 1480 nm (downstream data/voice), 1550 nm (video) and 1625 nm (testing). The performance of the devices was modeled using the beam propagation method (BPM-Cad) product from the Optiwave Inc. This paper also highlights the parameter studies and the effect to the design specification and performance. We analyze the following parameters such as: wavelength, separation between waveguides, waveguide width and refractive indices for substrate (n₂) and waveguide (n₁).

Keywords

coupled mode analysis; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre subscriber loops; polymers; refractive index; FTTH wavelength; SU-8 polymer; beam propagation; coupled mode theory; refractive indices; waveguides; wavelength 1310 nm; wavelength 1480 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 1625 nm; wavelength selective coupler; Chemical technology; Design engineering; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Programmable control; Silicon compounds; Testing; Waveguide theory; FTTH; PLC; WSC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics, 2008. ICSE 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor Bahru

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3873-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2561-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2008.4770328

Filename

4770328