• DocumentCode
    378370
  • Title

    Low-loss 1.5% Δ arrayed waveguide grating with spot-size converters

  • Author

    Itoh, M. ; Saida, T. ; Hida, Y. ; Ishii, M. ; Inoue, Y. ; Hibino, Y. ; Sugita, A.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Abstract
    We achieved a very low insertion loss of 0.7 dB in a 1.5% Δ arrayed-waveguide grating by successfully fabricating spot-size converters that reduced single-mode fiber coupling loss from 1.6 to 0.2 dB/point.
  • Keywords
    convertors; diffraction gratings; optical fibres; optical losses; low-loss arrayed waveguide grating; single-mode fiber coupling loss; spot-size converters; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Coupling circuits; Insertion loss; Large-scale systems; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989406
  • Filename
    989406