INGAASP/INP MQW DIRECTIONAL COUPLER SWITCH WITH SMALL AND LOW-LOSS BENDS FOR FIBER-ARRAY COUPLING

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作者
AIZAWA, T
RAVIKUMAR, KG
NAGASAWA, Y
SEKIGUCHI, T
WATANABE, T
机构
[1] Optical Device Section, Advanced Tech. R& D Center, Fujikura Ltd, Sakura, Chiba, 285, 1440, Mutsuzaki
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10.1109/68.300170
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report on a compact InGaAsP/InP MQW directional coupler switch with spacing between the waveguides at the input and the output facets larger than 125 mum, required for the fiber-array coupling, by employing small and low-loss bends. The total device length, including both the coupling and the bending regions, with the different optical confinements in the lateral direction is 2 mm. The coupling region of the switch is 420 mum, and the voltage-length product at switching is around 6 Vmm.
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