Title :
Ion-exchanged glass waveguide N×N star couplers: design and fabrication
Author :
Wang, W. ; Khazaei, H.R. ; Berolo, E.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We report on the design, fabrication and evaluation of N×N (N=16 and 32) integrated optical star couplers made by an ion exchange technique in glass substrates. The design and simulation is done with PROMETHEUS, a layout and beam propagation method (BPM) software
Keywords :
integrated optics; ion exchange; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; physics computing; substrates; N×N integrated optical star couplers; PROMETHEUS; beam propagation method software; glass substrates; ion exchange technique; ion-exchanged glass waveguide N×N star coupler design; ion-exchanged glass waveguide N×N star coupler fabrication; Glass; High speed optical techniques; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical waveguides; Particle beam optics; Phased arrays; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.737857
