Manufacturing of glass-based optical power splitter by ion-exchange method

Yi Xiao; Jianyi Yang; Minghua Wang

doi:10.1117/12.974586

16 October 2012 Manufacturing of glass-based optical power splitter by ion-exchange method

Yi Xiao, Jianyi Yang, Minghua Wang

Proceedings Volume 8416, 6th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies; 84162I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974586
Event: 6th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies (AOMATT 2012), 2012, Xiamen, China

Abstract

Ion-exchange technology is low cost, and can fabricate waveguide well coupled with fiber. It is a good choice to manufacture passive device applied in the Passive Optic Net(PON). In this paper first we get surface waveguide using Ag⁺-Na⁺ ion-exchange method, then we apply 400V electric-field on the glass wafer to get waveguide buried, the whole process is at 300ºC.The width of final single-mode waveguide is 8.5μm, depth from the glass surface is 18μm. It has low coupling loss with fiber. Insertion loss of 2cm long straight waveguide can be lower than 0.6dB. Propagation loss of straight waveguide can be lower than 0.2 dB/cm. We repeat this process to manufacture 1× 8 optical power splitter. Under the wavelength 1310nm,1490nm and 1550nm, the mean value of insertion loss is 9.8dB, the maximum is 10.19dB, the minimum is 9.31dB, the maximum of PDL is 0.04dB.

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Yi Xiao, Jianyi Yang, and Minghua Wang "Manufacturing of glass-based optical power splitter by ion-exchange method", Proc. SPIE 8416, 6th International Symposium on Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing Technologies: Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies, 84162I (16 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974586

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