Title :
Relaxation in alignment tolerance by double-side irradiation induced self-written waveguide for passive optical packaging
Author :
Cheng, K.W. ; Uddin, M.A. ; Chan, H.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
A simple low-cost technique to relax the alignment tolerance between fiber coupling by double-side-irradiation induced self-written-waveguide is proposed and demonstrated. By this technique, up to 4 mum misalignment-tolerance is achieved with only 1 dB extra-loss penalty.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; packaging; alignment tolerance; double-side irradiation induced self-written waveguide; fiber coupling; passive optical packaging; Electromagnetic waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Insertion loss; Joining processes; Loss measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Packaging;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5221626
