Fabrication of low loss optical waveguides with a novel thermo-optical polymer material

• Autorzy: Zhou J. , Wong W.H. , Pun E.Y.B. , Shen Y.Q. , Zhao Y.X.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The newly synthesized polymer, bisphenol A-aldehyde resin (BPA-resin) has many unique thermo-optical characteristics. The polymer has high transparency, relatively high refractive index, low birefringence, and large thermo-optics coefficient at the optical telecommunication wavelengths. Also, the single-mode channel waveguides have been fabricated using BPA-resin polymer. The experimental results show, that the polymer waveguide has a low propagation loss of 0.43 and 0.51 dB/cm at a wavelength of 1.31 and 1.55 m, respectively, for both TE and TM polarizations. The low polarization dependence loss (PDL) of the waveguide was less than 0.1 dB/cm at above wavelengths, which can be applied in thermal-optical tuned devices.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

polymeric optical waveguide; thermo-optical polymer; polarization dependence loss; optical telecommunication

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Optica Applicata
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 36, nr 2-3
• Strony: 429--435
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz.,

Twórcy

autor

Zhou J.

autor

Wong W.H.

autor

Pun E.Y.B.

autor

Shen Y.Q.

autor

Zhao Y.X.

• Ningbo University, Ningbo 325211, China

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