A GUIDED-WAVE MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER STRUCTURE FOR WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING

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作者
TERVONEN, A
POYHONEN, P
HONKANEN, S
TAHKOKORPI, M
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[1] Nokia Research Center
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10.1109/68.91019
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A guided-wave Mach-Zehnder interferometer structure, based on the use of a four-port hybrid optical coupler consisting of symmetric and nonsymmetric y junctions, is proposed for wavelength-division multiplexing application. This structure provides less sensitivity to fabrication parameters and optical polarization, and can also be applied to a wide-wave-length spacing operation. Interferometers for wavelength splitting in the 1.3 and 1.55-mu-m windows were designed and fabricated into a glass substrate with a dry silver ion exchange process. The measured crosstalk was -30 dB with nonpolarized light.
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