Novel wide-band low-PDL integrated variable optical attenuator in silica-on-silicon

Romanas Narevich,G Heise,E. Narevicius,Ilya Vorobeichik,Jens Dieckroeger,S Wang,Detlef Krabe

Novel wide-band low-PDL integrated variable optical attenuator in silica-on-silicon

2005

Romanas Narevich
G Heise
E. Narevicius
Ilya Vorobeichik
Jens Dieckroeger
S Wang
Detlef Krabe

We present a novel wide band VOA with low PDL. Our device is a symmetric MZI-based PLC component that uses y-junctions and adiabatic couplers. We describe a model that explains PDL for this VOA and enables polarization control.

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Adiabatic process
Waveguide (optics)
Optical attenuator
Stimulated emission
Wideband
Polarization (waves)
Electronic engineering
Silicon
Optics
Engineering
Refractive index

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