Title :
Advances in Silica Planar Lightwave Circuits
Author :
Doerr, Christopher Richard ; Okamoto, Katsunari
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA
Abstract :
This paper presents a synopsis of some of the advances in silica waveguide planar lightwave circuits (PLCs). It concentrates on silica PLCs for fiber-optic communications, mainly routing and signal processing devices. A significant portion is devoted to arrayed waveguide gratings
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical planar waveguides; silicon compounds; telecommunication network routing; SiO2; arrayed waveguide gratings; fiber-optic communications; planar lightwave circuits; routing devices; signal processing devices; silica lightwave circuits; silica waveguide; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Programmable control; Silicon compounds; Gratings; integrated optics; optical equalizers; optical fibers; optical planar waveguide components; optical planar waveguide couplers; optical planar waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.885255
