Title :
Birefringence as a function of upper-cladding sub-layers in polymeric waveguides
Author :
Lee, Jong-Moo ; Park, Suntak ; Kim, Min-su ; Ahn, Joon Tae ; Lee, Myung-Hyun
Author_Institution :
Basic Res. Lab., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
Polarization-dependent wavelength shifts in polymeric arrayed-waveguide gratings are found to be a function of the number of upper-cladding sublayers with a positive offset and a negative slope depending on the thickness of the sublayers.
Keywords :
birefringence; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre polarisation; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; optical waveguide components; spectral line shift; arrayed-waveguide gratings; birefringence; polarization-dependent wavelength shifts; polymeric waveguides; upper-cladding sub-layers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
