COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT POLYMERIC MULTIMODE STAR COUPLERS FOR BACKPLANE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT

Authors
ISRAEL D BAETS R GOODWIN MJ SHAW N SALIK MD GROVESKIRKBY CJ
Citation
D. Israel et al., COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT POLYMERIC MULTIMODE STAR COUPLERS FOR BACKPLANE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT, Journal of lightwave technology, 13(6), 1995, pp. 1057-1064
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of lightwave technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07338724
Volume
13
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1057 - 1064
Database
ISI
SICI code
0733-8724(1995)13:6<1057:CODPMS>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This paper describes a comparison of three types of 8 x 8 multimode st ar couplers made in polymeric multimode waveguides. Their geometry was designed with a ray tracing tool, Measurements show low loss for all designs, but a symmetrical design, based on a tree of Y-junctions yiel ds the best uniformity.