Polymer-based multiport variable optical attenuator with low insertion loss

Tony C. Kowalczyk

doi:10.1117/12.470455

13 June 2002 Polymer-based multiport variable optical attenuator with low insertion loss

Tony C. Kowalczyk

Proceedings Volume 4642, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470455
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate a polymer waveguide-based thermo-optic variable optical attenuator array with 30dB dynamic range that requires less than 20mW of drive power to achieve 30dB of attenuation. The design offers low insertion loss and low polarization dependent loss. We also present simulation results that show good agreement with measured data and which thus permit to optimize the device performance.

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Tony C. Kowalczyk "Polymer-based multiport variable optical attenuator with low insertion loss", Proc. SPIE 4642, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices IV, (13 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470455

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