FABRICATION OF LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATED-OPTIC N X N STAR COUPLERS

被引:15
作者
OKAMOTO, K
OKAZAKI, H
OHMORI, Y
KATO, K
机构
[1] NTT Optoelectronics Laboratories, Ibaraki Pref.
关键词
Integrated optics - Optical communication equipment - Statistical methods;
D O I
10.1109/68.157139
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The letter reports the fabrication and performance of integrated-optic 64 x 64 and 144 x 144 star couplers based on the high-silica planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology. The star couplers exhibit low insertion loss (average excess loss alpha = 1.66 dB for 64 x 64 and alpha = 2.02 dB for 144 x 144, respectively) and good splitting uniformity (standard deviation sigma = 0.92 dB for 64 x 64 and sigma = 1.47 dB for 144 x 144, respectively) at 1.55-mu-m.
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页码:1032 / 1035
页数:4
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