KPN (Netherlands)
Publishes on Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies. 16 papers and 328 citations.
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We propose an improved polarization converter in InGaAsP-InP. It contains a series of waveguide sections with asymmetric cross-sections with angled facets. A 09-mm-long TE/TM-converter at a wavelength of 1.5 μm is simulated. It contains 10 sections and has an excess loss of 0.25 dB. Both coupled mode theory and beam propagation method (BPM) simulations are included.
A new and very short polarization splitter on InGaAsP-InP is designed and realized for the first time. The component contains a ridge waveguide directional coupler of 0.4 mm length and an output section of 0.7 mm. It uses the large waveguide birefringence of the first-order TE and TM modes to obtain polarization selective directional coupling. In this way, additional metal layers on the waveguides to create birefringence are avoided and fabrication becomes very simple. Components are realized, which show splitting ratios close to -20 dB. Excess losses are below 1 dB. The polarization splitting is investigated in the wavelength region of 1525-1560 nm and found to be better than -9 dB.
The first integrated InP-based polarization independent optical crossconnect is reported. The device can crossconnect signals at four wavelengths independently from two input fibers to two output fibers. Total on-chip loss is less then 16 dB. Device size is 7/spl times/9 mm/sup 2/.
A new type of mode-evolution polarization-splitter based on InGaAsP/lnP has been designed and realized. The component uses the large waveguide birefringence of the first-order TE and TM modes in a ridge waveguide made in a heterostructure, In the input section an asymmetric Y-junction acts as a mode converter in order to inject first-order TE- and TM-modes in a polarization-splitting section, which consists of a Y-junction formed by a bimodal and a monomodal waveguide. In the output section a third Y-junction is connected to the bimodal waveguide to couple the first-order mode to a monomodal output waveguide. Components that are 6-mm long and show polarization splitting at a wavelength of 1.55 mu m have been realized. The best splitting ratios are close to -20 dB, which is in agreement with BPM simulations. Excess losses are below 1 dB.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
A method for designing polarization independent phased-array wavelength demultiplexers, using different array orders for TE and TM, is described and analyzed with respect to fabrication variations. Flattening of the wavelength response is shown to improve fabrication tolerances. A four channel phased-array wavelength demultiplexer with at least 0.2 nm of polarization independent flattened response for each channel (spacing 1 nm) has been made with an insertion loss of 1.5-3 dB and a crosstalk of -17 to -19 dB.