Low power consumption 4-channel variable optical attenuator array based on planar lightwave circuit technique

Ren Mei-Zhen^{1, 2}, Zhang Jia-Shun^{1, †}, An Jun-Ming^{1, 2}, Wang Yue¹, Wang Liang-Liang¹, Li Jian-Guang¹, Wu Yuan-Da^{1, 2}, Yin XiaoJie¹, Hu Xiong-Wei¹

The simulation results: (a) the power consumption versus the thickness of down-cladding , (b) the temperature of core 2 versus the thickness of up-cladding when the power consumption is 150 mW, (c) the power consumption versus the width of cladding ridge w.