Title :
Birefringence compensated silica-based waveguide with undercladding ridge
Author :
Kasahara, R. ; Itoh, M. ; Hida, Y. ; Saida, T. ; Inoue, Y. ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
9/26/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel waveguide structure with an undercladding ridge designed to compensate for the birefringence of silica-based waveguides is proposed. The proposed structure was applied to a 16-channel arrayed-waveguide grating, and successfully demonstrated low polarisation dependence (<0.01 nm) without any degradation in waveguide characteristics
Keywords :
birefringence; compensation; light polarisation; optical arrays; optical planar waveguides; silicon compounds; 16-channel arrayed-waveguide grating; Si; Si substrate; SiO2; birefringence compensated waveguide; low polarisation dependence; planar lightwave circuit; silica-based waveguide; undercladding ridge;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020836
