Three-Dimensional Low-loss Waveguide Shuffler and Splitter / Combiner using Novel Mirror Structure
Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria
Proceedings: ECOC 2009
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Numata, Hidetoshi; Nakagawa, Shigeru; Taira, Yoichi (IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory, 1623-14 Shimotsuruma, Yamato, Kanagawa 242-8502, Japan)
Abstract:
We present 3D low-loss optical waveguide shuffler and splitter/combiner which will become important for high-channel count optical interconnect. We used a couple of TIR mirrors at a shuffling point and could avoid crosstalk and crossing-loss.