Low-loss interconnection between electrooptic and passive polymer waveguides with a vertical taper
- 7 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 14 (8) , 1121-1123
- https://doi.org/10.1109/lpt.2002.1021989
Abstract
To enable the hybrid integration of electrooptic (EO) polymer and low-loss passive waveguides, a low-loss interconnection between the two waveguides is demonstrated based upon adiabatic coupling in a vertically tapered waveguide. Fluorinated passive polymers incorporated in this device exhibit 0.35 dB/cm of propagation loss, and the EO polymer has an EO coefficient of 35 pm/V and high thermal stability with a glass transition temperature of 200/spl deg/C. According to a beam propagation method simulation, the interconnection loss could be negligible if the taper length is longer than 300 μm. From the fabricated device, an interconnection loss of 0.4 dB is demonstrated by cutback measurement of the waveguide loss.Keywords
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