Title :
Polymer PLC platform with a 4-to-1 multiplexer for a low-cost 10 GbE WWDM transmitter
Author :
Takahashi, Masaharu ; Ido, T.
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Japan
Abstract :
To reduce the fabrication cost of the 10 GbE wideWDM (WWDM) transmitter module, a polymer PLC platform with a 4-to-1 multiplexer, a V-groove for fiber alignment and electrodes for LD bonding was developed. The excess insertion loss of the fabricated platform is less than 1 dB. The difference of the insertion loss among the channels and the wavelength dependence of the insertion loss are both less than 0.3 dB. These results show that this polymer PLC platform can provide a low-cost and high-performance 10 GbE WWDM.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical polymers; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.3 dB; 1 dB; 4-to-1 multiplexer; LD bonding; V-groove; channels; electrodes; fiber alignment; insertion loss; polymer PLC platform; transmitter module; wavelength dependence; wide wavelength WDM transmitter; Bit rate; Bonding; Electrodes; Multiplexing; Optical fiber LAN; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Polyimides; Polymers; Programmable control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036171
