DocumentCode
3028415
Title
First ion-exchanged dual thermo-optic variable optical attenuator
Author
Orignac, Xavier
Author_Institution
IOT, Waghausel, Germany
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
89
Lastpage
92
Abstract
The first dual ion-exchanged integrated variable attenuator with tap-couplers was fabricated. The thermal cross-talk was found to be about 2.1 dB and the simple S-bend tap-coupler exhibit high voltage dependency, due to re-coupling of radiation modes
Keywords
ion exchange; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical losses; thermo-optical effects; S-bend tap-coupler; high voltage dependency; ion-exchanged dual thermo-optic variable optical attenuator; optical fabrication; radiation mode re-coupling; tap-couplers; thermal cross-talk; Attenuation; Electrodes; Fabrication; Insertion loss; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Stimulated emission; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Transparent Optical Networks, 1999. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kielce
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5637-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTON.1999.781853
Filename
781853
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