Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2 (10): 10568, Published Online: Jun. 6, 2006
Polymeric 32-channel arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer using fluorinated poly (ether ether ketone) Download: 594次
060.1810 couplers switches and multiplexers 130.0130 integrated optics 160.5470 polymers 230.7370 waveguides
Abstract
In wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems, an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexer is a key component. A polymeric AWG multiplexer has recently attracted much attention due to its low cost processing and a potential of integration with other devices. Fluorinated poly (ether ether ketone) (FPEEK) is excellent material for fabrication of optical waveguides due to its low absorption loss at 1.55-μm wavelength and high thermal stability. A 32-channel AWG multiplexer has been designed based on the grating diffraction theory and fabricated using newly synthesized FPEEK. During the fabrication process of the Polymer/Si AWG device, spin coating, vaporizing, photolithographic patterning and reactive ion etching (RIE) are used. The AWG multiplexer measurement system is based on a tunable semiconductor laser, infrared camera and a Peltier-type heater. The device exhibits a wavelength channel spacing of 0.8 nm and a center wavelength of 1548 nm in the room temperature.
Fei Wang, Wei Sun, Aize Li, Maobin Yi, Zhenhua Jiang, Daming Zhang. Polymeric 32-channel arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer using fluorinated poly (ether ether ketone)[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(10): 10568.