Title :
Polymer optical add/drop filter based on a cascaded Mach-Zehnder configuration
Author :
Kostrzewa, C. ; Moosburger, R. ; Fischbeck, G. ; Schuppert, B. ; Petermann, K.
Author_Institution :
Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We present a polymer optical add/drop filter using a high temperature stable polymer. The device exhibits a channel cross-talk of -17.5 dB, a 3 dB bandwidth of 8 nm and is suitable for selecting 5 channels.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; optical waveguide filters; stability; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; bandwidth; cascaded Mach-Zehnder configuration; channel cross-talk; channel selection; high temperature stable polymer; integrated optics; optical filters; polymer optical add/drop filter; rib waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
