DocumentCode
814989
Title
Ion-exchanged planar lossless splitter at 1.5 μm
Author
Camy, P. ; Román, J.E. ; Willems, F.W. ; Hempstead, M. ; van der Plaats, J.C. ; Prel, C. ; Béguin, A. ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; Wilkinson, J.S. ; Lerminiaux, C.
Author_Institution
Corning Europe Inc., Avon, France
Volume
32
Issue
4
fYear
1996
fDate
2/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
321
Lastpage
323
Abstract
The authors demonstrate the first ion-exchanged, planar lossless splitter at 1.5 μm. The 1×2 device was fabricated by thallium ion exchange in an Er/Yb codoped borosilicate glass and achieved lossless splitting over the wavelength range 1534-1548 nm when pumped with a 980 nm laser diode
Keywords
borosilicate glasses; erbium; ion exchange; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical planar waveguides; optical pumping; optical waveguide components; ytterbium; 1534 to 1548 nm; B2O3-SiO2:Er,Yb; BSG:Er,Yb; FTTH; borosilicate glass; fibre-pigtailed device; ion exchange; laser diode pumping; planar lossless splitter;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960267
Filename
490945
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