DocumentCode
3525971
Title
Ultra-Wide-Band Adiabatic Coupler As a Building Block for 2??32 PLC Splitter
Author
Narevich, R. ; Blume, R.D. ; Ho, Chih-Chun ; Kheraj, N. ; Le, D.V. ; Long, William ; McGreer, K.A. ; Ticknor, A.J.
Author_Institution
NeoPhotonics Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate adiabatic wavelength insensitive 2×2 PLC coupler with less than 0.6 dB variation over 1260- 1630 nm range and better than 0.25 dB PDL. We use it to build process tolerant 2×32 splitter having excellent optical performance.
Keywords
optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibre networks; optical planar waveguides; PLC coupler; PLC splitter; ultrawide-band adiabatic coupler; wavelength 1260 nm to 1630 nm; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Page description languages; Passive optical networks; Programmable control; Ultra wideband technology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528449
Filename
4528449
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