TY - JOUR
T1 - Variable optical attenuator based on ion-exchange technology in glass
AU - Hurvitz, T.
AU - Ruschin, S.
AU - Brooks, D.
AU - Hurvitz, G.
AU - Arad, E.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - A thermooptic variable optical attenuator (VOA) based on the Mach-Zehnder interferometer principle was fabricated in glass by an ion-exchange technique. The thermooptical effect was reached via heating electrodes on the side of the Mach-Zehnder arms. The insertion loss of the device was 1 dB, the dynamic range was 38 dB, maximal power consumption was 138 mW, and the polarization-dependent loss (PDL) was 0.2 dB/0.6 dB at 10 dB/20-dB attenuations, respectively.
AB - A thermooptic variable optical attenuator (VOA) based on the Mach-Zehnder interferometer principle was fabricated in glass by an ion-exchange technique. The thermooptical effect was reached via heating electrodes on the side of the Mach-Zehnder arms. The insertion loss of the device was 1 dB, the dynamic range was 38 dB, maximal power consumption was 138 mW, and the polarization-dependent loss (PDL) was 0.2 dB/0.6 dB at 10 dB/20-dB attenuations, respectively.
KW - Ion-exchange in glass
KW - Mach-Zehnder interferometer
KW - Optical communication
KW - Thermooptical effect
KW - Variable optical attenuator (VOA)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=20444424552&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JLT.2005.844496
DO - 10.1109/JLT.2005.844496
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AN - SCOPUS:20444424552
SN - 0733-8724
VL - 23
SP - 1918
EP - 1922
JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology
JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology
IS - 5
ER -