Glass waveguide WDM devices: design and analysis

摘要

Abstract: Different issues in design of passive integrated optics wavelength division multiplexing devices based on glass waveguide technologies are reviewed. The two established fabrication technologies for such devices are ion exchange into substrate glasses, and deposited doped- silica waveguides on silicon wafers. Design aspects for two most important categories of wavelength division demultiplexers/multiplexers, broadband dual wavelength devices and densely spaced multichannel devices, are considered. Particularly, design of phase array devices is discussed in detail.!55