Title :
Recent Advances in Silica-based PLCs
Author_Institution :
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
Silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLC) have been developed along with progress on telecommunication systems, thanks to their advantageous features of mass-productivity, compactness, integrability and high reliability. This paper reviews recent advances and future prospects.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; reliability; silicon compounds; SiO2; integrability; planar lightwave circuits; reliability; silica-based PLC; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Couplers; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Passive optical networks; Programmable control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382331
