Title :
Thermally tunable polymer Bragg grating OADMs
Author :
Eldada, L. ; Blomquist, R. ; Maxfield, M. ; Pant, D. ; Boudoughian, G. ; Poga, C. ; Norwood, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Telecom Photonics Div., Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of tunable Bragg grating optical add/drop multiplexers (OADMs) in polymers. They exhibit 45 dB reflection with strong sidelobe suppression and no cladding-mode coupling, and they are thermally tunable at a rate of -0.256 nm//spl deg/C.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; optical tuning; optical waveguides; refractive index; thermo-optical effects; wavelength division multiplexing; dense WDM photonic circuits; fabrication; grating guides; optical add/drop multiplexers; polymer Bragg grating OADM; refractive index variation; sidelobe suppression; single-mode channel waveguides; thermally tunable Bragg grating; Bragg gratings; Circuits; Circulators; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768075
