Title :
Silica PLC-VOA using suspended narrow ridge structures and its application to V-AWG
Author :
Hashizume, Yasuaki ; Watanabe, Kei ; Nasu, Yusuke ; Kohtoku, Masaki ; Kamei, Shin ; Kitoh, Tsutomu ; Inoue, Yasuyuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
We fabricated a silica PLC-VOA using suspended narrow ridge structures and successfully reduced the power consumption to 20 mW/channel. Using the proposed structures, we demonstrated a 16- channel V-AWG with a compact size of 20 times 17 mm and a low total power consumption of 320 mW.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; multiplexing equipment; optical attenuators; optical logic; optical planar waveguides; ridge waveguides; PLC-VOA; SiO2; V-AWG; integrated optics devices; narrow ridge structure; planar lightwave circuit; variable optical attenuator multiplexer; Costs; Delay; Energy consumption; Fabrication; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical waveguides; Silicon compounds; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348918
