Title :
Measurement of optical dispersion in multimode polymer waveguides
Author :
Doany, F.E. ; Pepeljugoski, P.K. ; Lehman, A.C. ; Kash, J.A. ; Dangel, R.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We have determined the dispersion in multimode polymer waveguides at 850 nm and 990 nm. Studies using short pulse propagation through differing lengths of waveguides show sub-linear temporal pulse broadening and short equilibrium mode distribution lengths.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical polymers; optical pulse shaping; 850 nm; 990 nm; multimode polymer waveguide; optical dispersion measurement; short equilibrium mode distribution length; short pulse propagation; sub-linear temporal pulse broadening; Dispersion; Laboratories; Optical attenuators; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical polymers; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338690
