Polymeric optical waveguide circuits formed using silicone resin

Author

Watanabe, Toshio ; Ooba, Naoki ; Hayashida, Shoichi ; Kurihara, Takashi ; Imamura, Saburo

Author_Institution

NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

16

Issue

6

fYear

1998

fDate

6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1049

Lastpage

1055

Abstract

Polymeric optical waveguides fabricated using a newly developed silicone resin have a low birefringence as well as low propagation loss and good environmental stability. Optical waveguide circuits including a directional coupler, an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multi/demultiplexer, and a digital thermooptic (TO) switch are successfully realized using the silicone resin

Keywords

birefringence; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical switches; refractive index; thermal stability; arrayed waveguide grating; demultiplexer; digital thermooptic switch; directional coupler; good environmental stability; low birefringence; low propagation loss; multiplexer; polymeric optical waveguide circuits; polymeric optical waveguide fabrication; silicone resin; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Birefringence; Circuit stability; Directional couplers; Optical arrays; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Resins; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.681462

Filename

681462