Title : 
Compact, Low Cost Chip Scale Triplexer WDM Filters
         
        
            Author : 
Chen, Wei ; Little, Brent ; Chen, Wenlu ; Chu, Sai ; Hryniewicz, John ; Gill, Dave ; King, Oliver ; Johnson, Fred ; Davidson, Roy ; Donovan, Kevin ; Gibson, John
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Little Optics Division, Nomadics Inc, 9020 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A high-index contrast PLC branching delay line filter realizes WDM filters for FTTP triplexer applications. The filters achieve low loss and high extinction ratios, while the ultra-compact dimensions of 1mm × 4mm accommodates thousands of chips a 6" silicon wafer.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Circuits; Costs; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical filters; Programmable control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-803-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OFC.2006.216048