EP1250616A4 - Abstimmung von ein organisches material enthaltenden optischen wellenleiterbauelementen - Google Patents

Abstimmung von ein organisches material enthaltenden optischen wellenleiterbauelementen

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EP1250616A4
EP1250616A4 EP00982108A EP00982108A EP1250616A4 EP 1250616 A4 EP1250616 A4 EP 1250616A4 EP 00982108 A EP00982108 A EP 00982108A EP 00982108 A EP00982108 A EP 00982108A EP 1250616 A4 EP1250616 A4 EP 1250616A4
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organic material
tuning
polymer
refractive index
wavelength
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Marcel J Beguin
Marc Moroni
Sophie Vallon
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Corning Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/12007—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
    • G02B6/12009—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides
    • G02B6/12026—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides characterised by means for reducing the temperature dependence
    • G02B6/12028—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides characterised by means for reducing the temperature dependence based on a combination of materials having a different refractive index temperature dependence, i.e. the materials are used for transmitting light
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/12007—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/12007—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
    • G02B6/12009—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides
    • G02B6/12033—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides characterised by means for configuring the device, e.g. moveable element for wavelength tuning
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/122—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
    • G02B6/1221—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths made from organic materials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/13—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/13—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method
    • G02B6/138—Integrated optical circuits characterised by the manufacturing method by using polymerisation

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  • the present invention is directed to wavelength tuning of passively athermalized wavelength division multiplexer or demultiplexer devices, more particularly of phased array (phasar) devices.
  • the present invention applies to devices athermalized by the use of an organic material (for example, polymer) with negative variation of refractive index vs. temperature (i.e., dn/dT).
  • the present invention uses the property of organic materials to change their refractive index upon exposure to suitable- wavelength radiation, in order to finely tune the channel wavelengths of multiplexer or demultiplexer devices.
  • the channel wavelengths can be roughly tuned by choosing the appropriate input and/or output ports by routine methods well known to the skilled artisan.
  • the organic material is then exposed to appropriate radiation in small incremental steps in order to tune its index and, thus, the channel wavelengths.
  • the refractive index of copolymer epoxy 17 is 1.43 at 1550 nm wavelength, 22 C, and the refractive index variation vs. temperature (dn/dT) is -3 x 10 "4 °C "1 at 1550 nm in the range 22-73 °C.
  • the polymer material comprises a copolymer referred to herein as "Copolymer epoxy 26.”
  • Copolymer epoxy 26 is prepared by polymerizing about 9 wt.% 15FON about 73 wt.% 5FBA, about 9 wt.% 6FPA, and about 9 wt.%) GMA.
  • UV -induced index change of the polymer used in this example was measured for calibration purposes.
  • Planar polymer layers of the copolymer epoxy 10 described above were deposited on silica substrates by spin-coating.
  • the polymer composition was 55 wt.% trifluoroethylmethacrylate, 35 wt.% pentafluorostyrene, and 10 wt.% glycidyl methacrylate.
  • the polymer was deposited by spin-coating from a solution (35 wt.%> polymer, 65 wt.% ethyl acetate), although any known technique can be used.
  • the polymer layers were exposed to UV radiation using a commercial UV lamp with a maximum emission between 240 and 320 nm ("H lamp").
  • the lamp power was 190 W.cm “1 (power density x irradiated area length) and the conveyer speed was 1.5 cm.s "1 , providing an energy density per pass of 127 J.cm " .
  • the absorption of the polymer (optical density) is shown in Figure 1. The absorption band at 260 nm is located in the emission spectrum of the lamp, enabling photo-induced changes in the polymer.
  • a phased array demultiplexer consisting of a silica substrate, a doped silica waveguide circuit core and a polymer overclad was prepared using standard techniques well known to the skilled artisan.
  • a commercial core layer supported on a silica substrate was used.
  • the nominal core layer composition was (in wt.%): GeO 2 13.9, P 2 O 5 1.4, B 2 O 3 3.4, and SiO 2 81.3.
  • a step of 0.8 nm could be gained by shifting the channels by one output waveguide, such as by using the output waveguides #6 to 13 rather than #5 to 12. There remained a -0.22 nm wavelength difference to be compensated by UV irradiation.
  • the phased array device was exposed to UV irradiation from the substrate side, in order to obtain a faster compensation, and also a better confinement of light in the waveguide after UV exposure.
  • Such procedure can be used for planar substrates that are transparent to radiation.
  • the exposure can be made from the polymer side provided the penetration depth is not too small as compared to the total polymer thickness.
  • the phased array device was exposed to 2 passes under the UV lamp, under the same conditions as described above.

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  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
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PCT/US2000/031139 WO2001051969A1 (en) 2000-01-11 2000-11-14 Tuning of optical waveguide devices containing an organic material

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