TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurements on variable optical attenuator based on ion-exchange waveguides in glass
AU - Hurvitz, Tali
AU - Ruschin, Shlomo
AU - Brooks, David
AU - Hurvitz, Gilad
AU - Arad, Eli
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Various measurements on Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) based on ion-exchange waveguides in glass are presented. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was fabricated, and a thermo-optical effect was reached via heating electrodes besides the waveguides. The insertion loss (IL) of the device was 1dB, the dynamic range was 38dB and maximal power consumption was 138mW. Study concluded on the polarization origin allowed reduction of Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) to 0.2dB/0.6dB at 10dB/20dB attenuations respectively.
AB - Various measurements on Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) based on ion-exchange waveguides in glass are presented. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was fabricated, and a thermo-optical effect was reached via heating electrodes besides the waveguides. The insertion loss (IL) of the device was 1dB, the dynamic range was 38dB and maximal power consumption was 138mW. Study concluded on the polarization origin allowed reduction of Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) to 0.2dB/0.6dB at 10dB/20dB attenuations respectively.
KW - Ion exchange
KW - MZI
KW - Optical communication
KW - PDL
KW - Thermo-optical effect
KW - Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA)
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U2 - 10.1117/12.562201
DO - 10.1117/12.562201
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AN - SCOPUS:3543107850
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 5350
SP - 289
EP - 298
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Optical Component and Materials
Y2 - 26 January 2004 through 27 January 2004
ER -