Title :
Design and fabrication of thin-film microheater tuned fiber array device
Author :
Lin, C. ; Lyons, E.R. ; Au, A. ; Lee, H.P. ; Zaouk, R. ; Shkel, A. ; Hauer, M.C. ; Yu, Q. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper, we describe a simple and scalable process for fabricating arrays of thermally tuned fiber devices that is compatible with low power electrical control signals. The process was used in fabricating a four-element polarization controller and a 30-element PDM emulator that exhibits accurate first order and second order PMD statistics.
Keywords :
heating elements; optical arrays; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; thermo-optical devices; 30-element PDM emulator; first order PMD statistics; four-element polarization controller; low power electrical control signals; scalable process; second order PMD statistics; thermal cross-talk; thermally tuned fiber device arrays; thin-film microheater tuned fiber array device; Absorption; Glass; Gold; Optical arrays; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical retarders; Thin film devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034276
