• DocumentCode
    966334
  • Title

    Advances in Silica Planar Lightwave Circuits

  • Author

    Doerr, Christopher Richard ; Okamoto, Katsunari

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    4763
  • Lastpage
    4789
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a synopsis of some of the advances in silica waveguide planar lightwave circuits (PLCs). It concentrates on silica PLCs for fiber-optic communications, mainly routing and signal processing devices. A significant portion is devoted to arrayed waveguide gratings
  • Keywords
    arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical planar waveguides; silicon compounds; telecommunication network routing; SiO2; arrayed waveguide gratings; fiber-optic communications; planar lightwave circuits; routing devices; signal processing devices; silica lightwave circuits; silica waveguide; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Programmable control; Silicon compounds; Gratings; integrated optics; optical equalizers; optical fibers; optical planar waveguide components; optical planar waveguide couplers; optical planar waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2006.885255
  • Filename
    4063396