Polymeric Optical Splitter Based on Multimode Interference Mechanism

Author

Haniff, M. ; Kassim, Norazan Mohd ; Mohammad, Abu Bakar ; Chin, Mee-Koy ; Lee, Shuh-Ying

Author_Institution

Photonics Res. Group, Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Johor Bahru

fYear

2006

fDate

27-28 June 2006

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

60

Abstract

A 1 times 2 and 1 times 3 planar optical splitter based on BenzoCyclobutene (BCB 4024-40) polymeric material is proposed. The device is designed based on symmetric interference mechanism, utilizing a BK7 glass as a substrate and thin layer of SiO₂ as a cover. Simulation results show that the splitting uniformity is better than 0.5 dB at 1550 nm optical wavelength.

Keywords

etching; light interference; optical beam splitters; optical design techniques; optical polymers; optical waveguides; BCB 4024-40; BK7 glass substrate; SiO₂; benzocyclobutene polymeric material; chemical etching technique; multimode interference mechanism; planar optical splitter; polymer optical waveguide; polymeric optical splitter; symmetric interference mechanism; Chemicals; Integrated optics; Interference; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Research and development; BenzoCyclobutene polymer; chemical etching technique; multimode interference (MMI); optical splitter; polymer optical waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Research and Development, 2006. SCOReD 2006. 4th Student Conference on

Conference_Location

Selangor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0526-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0527-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCORED.2006.4339308

Filename

4339308