Title :
Effects of environment temperature induced heater resistance change on the attenuation of MZI type variable optical attenuators
Author :
Xiao, Gao Zhi ; Zhang, Zhiyi ; Sun, Feng Guo ; Grover, Chander P.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Effects of environment temperature induced heater resistance change on the performance of Mach-Zehnder interference type variable optical attenuators (VOA) were described in this letter. To predict the heater effect, a simple model was proposed. It was found that the heater effect accounted for a large part of the thermal instability of the VOA device studied.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; thermal resistance; thermal stability; MZI type variable optical attenuators; Mach-Zehnder interference type variable optical attenuators; environment temperature induced heater resistance change; heater effect; thermal instability; Arm; Interference; Optical arrays; Optical attenuators; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Resistance heating; Temperature; Thermal stresses; Waveguide transitions;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.822223
