Title :
All-polymer 8??8 AWG Wavelength Router using Ultra Low Loss Polymer Optical Waveguide Material (CYTOPTM)
Author :
Takenobu, Shotaro ; Kuwana, Yasuhiro ; Takayama, K. ; Sakane, Yasuo ; Ono, M. ; Sato, Hikaru ; Keil, Norbert ; Brinker, Walter ; Huihai Yao ; Zawadzki, Crispin ; Morizawa, Yoshitomi ; Grote, N.
Author_Institution :
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
All-polymer 8×8 AWG wavelength router with 200 GHz channel spacing around 1550 nm was fabricated using Asahi´s ultra low loss polymer waveguide material PBVE (CYTOP™) exhibiting low insertion loss as well as low temperature dependence.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical polymers; all-polymer AWG wavelength router; channel spacing; low temperature dependence; ultra low loss polymer optical waveguide material; wavelength 1550 nm; Optical devices; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528185
