Title :
(Pb, La)(Zr, Ti)O3 Thin Film Arrayed Waveguide Grating
Author :
Yasumoto, Mitsuhiro ; Suzuki, Takanori ; Tsuda, Hiroyuki ; Raj, Madhan ; Kudzuma, David ; Dawley, Jeff ; Ritums, Dwight ; Tanaka, Yuki ; LaBuda, Mitch ; Nashimoto, Keiichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
An 8ch, 500GHz-spacing arrayed-waveguide grating is designed and fabricated using PLZT for the first time. The insertion loss of 22.1 dB including 10 dB coupling loss, and the adjacent crosstalk of ¿23.1 dB are obtained.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; lanthanum compounds; lead compounds; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical films; optical losses; optical materials; 10 dB; 22.1 dB; PLZT; PbLaZrO3TiO3; adjacent crosstalk; arrayed waveguide grating fabrication; coupling loss; insertion loss; thin film arrayed waveguide grating design; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Crosstalk; Insertion loss; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Polymer films; Slabs; Transistors; Waveguide junctions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279187
