1-square-inch 100GHz 40ch VMUX/DEMUX based on single-chip PLC integration with 2.5%-Δ silica-based waveguides

Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: ECOC 2007

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Itoh, M.; Watanabe, K.; Nasu, Y.; Yamazaki, H.; Kamei, S.; Ogawa, I.; Kaneko, A.; Inoue, Y. (NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Wakamiya 3-1, Morinosato, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, 243-0198, Japan)

Abstract:
We developed a 1-square-inch 100GHz 40ch VMUX/DEMUX based on single-chip PLC integration and stacked PD integration techniques. The use of 2.5%-Δ silica-based waveguides greatly reduced the chip size without degrading optical performance.