• DocumentCode
    2262524
  • Title

    Flexible optical probe for planar lightwave circuits testing

  • Author

    Zakariya, Abdullah J. ; Liu, Tao ; Martinez, Jose ; Panepucci, Roberto

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A flexible optical probe that accomplishes wafer-level directional coupling of light into optical waveguides is investigated optically and mechanically. Unoptimized directional coupling efficiency of 4% was achieved into an S-shaped polymer test waveguide.
  • Keywords
    optical directional couplers; optical planar waveguides; optical testing; probes; S-shaped polymer test waveguide; directional coupling efficiency; flexible optical probe; optical waveguides; planar lightwave circuits; wafer-level directional coupling; Circuit testing; Coupling circuits; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Probes; Programmable control; (060.4510) Optical communications; (120.3688) Lightwave analyzers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572618