Title :
Packaging of large-scale integrated-optic N*N star couplers
Author :
Kato, Kuniharu ; Okamoto, Katsunari ; Okazaki, Hisaaki ; Ohmori, Yasuji ; Nishi, Isao
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Integrated-optic 64*64 and 144*144 star couplers have been rigidly connected to single-mode fiber pigtails and packaged in bookshelf-type units. The 64*64 and 144*144 star coupler modules exhibit average insertion losses of 21.7 and 26.6 dB, respectively, at 1.55 mu m and wavelength insensitive operation over the wide spectral range of 1.3-1.6 mu m.<>
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical losses; packaging; 1.3 to 1.6 micron; 1.55 micron; 21.7 dB; 26.6 dB; IR; average insertion losses; bookshelf-type units; large-scale integrated-optic N*N star couplers; packaged; single-mode fiber pigtails; wavelength insensitive operation; wide spectral range; Glass; High speed optical techniques; Large scale integration; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Packaging; Programmable control; Slabs;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
