Glass-based integrated optical splitters: engineering oriented research

Yinlei Hao; Weiwei Zheng; Jianyi Yang; Xiaoqing Jiang; Minghua Wang

doi:10.1117/12.869704

15 November 2010 Glass-based integrated optical splitters: engineering oriented research

Yinlei Hao, Weiwei Zheng, Jianyi Yang, Xiaoqing Jiang, Minghua Wang

Proceedings Volume 7847, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration III; 78470L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869704
Event: Photonics Asia 2010, 2010, Beijing, China

Abstract

Optical splitter is one of most typical device heavily demanded in implementation of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) system. Due to its compatibility with optical fibers, low propagation loss, flexibility, and most distinguishingly, potentially costeffectiveness, glass-based integrated optical splitters made by ion-exchange technology promise to be very attractive in application of optical communication networks. Aiming at integrated optical splitters applied in optical communication network, glass ion-exchange waveguide process is developed, which includes two steps: thermal salts ion-exchange and field-assisted ion-diffusion. By this process, high performance optical splitters are fabricated in specially melted glass substrate. Main performance parameters of these splitters, including maximum insertion loss (IL), polarization dependence loss (PDL), and IL uniformity are all in accordance with corresponding specifications in generic requirements for optic branching components (GR-1209-CORE). In this paper, glass based integrated optical splitters manufacturing is demonstrated, after which, engineering-oriented research work results on glass-based optical splitter are presented.

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Yinlei Hao, Weiwei Zheng, Jianyi Yang, Xiaoqing Jiang, and Minghua Wang "Glass-based integrated optical splitters: engineering oriented research", Proc. SPIE 7847, Optoelectronic Devices and Integration III, 78470L (15 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869704

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