Title :
Optical Splitter Module Made of Low Loss Perfluorinated Amorphous Polymer Optical Waveguides
Author :
KUWANA, Yasuhiro ; TAKENOBU, Shotaro ; TAKAYAMA, Kousuke ; MORIZAWA, Yoshitomi
Author_Institution :
Research Center, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 1150, Hazawa-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, KANAGAWA 221-8755, JAPAN, Phone: +81-45-374-7178, Facsimile: +81-45-374-8858, e-mail: yasuhiro-kuwana@agc.co.jp
Abstract :
A 1Ã32-optical-splitter-module was successfully demonstrated using perfluorinated amorphous polymer optical waveguides which have very low propagation loss, high reliability and cost reduction capability. Insertion loss and polarisation dependent loss at 1310/1550/1650nm respectively were practically low.
Keywords :
Amorphous materials; Insertion loss; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801255