POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT STRONG BRAGG GRATINGS IN PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS

Authors
ALBERT J BILODEAU F JOHNSON DC HILL KO MIHAILOV SJ STRYCKMAN D KITAGAWA T HIBINO Y
Citation
J. Albert et al., POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT STRONG BRAGG GRATINGS IN PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS, Electronics Letters, 34(5), 1998, pp. 485-486
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
485 - 486
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:5<485:PSBGIP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
High intensity ArF laser irradiation produces Bragg gratings with inde x modulations > 10(-3) in standard germanium-doped silica waveguides w ithout hydrogen loading. A UV-induced birefringence of 2 x 10(-4) is u sed to compensate for the inherent birefringence of the silica wavegui des and makes the grating response identical for TE and TM modes.