2×2 Photonic crystal fiber splitter based on PLC chip and PCF array blocks

Author

Eom, Joo Beom ; Park, Kwan Seob ; Lim, Hae-Ryong ; Park, Jong-Hyuk ; Lee, Byeong He

fYear

2010

fDate

5-9 July 2010

Firstpage

336

Lastpage

337

Abstract

A 2 × 2 Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) planar lightwave circuit (PLC) splitter, which splits optical power between two PCF channels, has been made by PCF to PLC connections. PCF array blocks were lithographically fabricated to have V-grooves, which firmly held PCFs and aligned them to the PLC splitter. With the implemented splitter, we obtained a low excess loss of 1.6 dB, and a low polarization dependent loss (PDL) of 0.1 dB. The broadband operation of the proposed splitter is expected to find application in biomedicine field including ultra-high resolution Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).

Keywords

holey fibres; lithography; optical arrays; optical beam splitters; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; PCF array blocks; PLC chip; broadband operation; lithographic fabrication; optical power; photonic crystal fiber splitter; planar lightwave circuit splitter; polarization dependent loss; Arrays; Couplers; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optimized production technology; Pollution measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6785-3

Type

conf

Filename

5588556