The 650-nm variable optical attenuator based on polymer/silica hybrid waveguide

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/5/054101

Abstract Visible light variable optical attenuators (VOA) are essential devices in the application of channel power regulation and equalization in wavelength-division multiplexing cross-connect nodes in plastic optical fiber (POF) transmission systems. In this paper, a polymer/silica hybrid waveguide thermo-optic attenuator based on multimode interference (MMI) coupler is designed and fabricated to operate at 650 nm. The single-mode transmission condition, MMI coupler, and transition taper dimensions are optimized through the beam propagation method. Thermal analysis based on material properties provides the optimized heater placement angle. The fabricated VOA presents an attenuation of 26.5 dB with a 21-mW electrical input power at 650 nm. The rise time and fall time are 51.99 and 192 μs, respectively. The time-stability measurement results prove its working reliability.

Keywords: variable optical attenuator thermo-optic attenuator multimode interference polymer

Received: 12 September 2015
Revised: 18 December 2015
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PACS:	41.20.-q	(Applied classical electromagnetism)
	42.79.Gn	(Optical waveguides and couplers)
	42.25.-p	(Wave optics)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61205032, 61475061, 61405070, 61177027, 61275033, and 61261130586) and the Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province, China (Grant No. 20140519006JH).

Corresponding Authors: Xiao-Qiang Sun
E-mail: sunxq@jlu.edu.cn

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Yue-Yang Yu(于跃洋), Xiao-Qiang Sun(孙小强), Lan-Ting Ji(姬兰婷), Guo-Bing He(何国冰), Xi-Bin Wang(王希斌), Yun-Ji Yi(衣云骥), Chang-Ming Chen(陈长鸣), Fei Wang(王菲), Da-Ming Zhang(张大明) The 650-nm variable optical attenuator based on polymer/silica hybrid waveguide 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 054101

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