Tunable phase-shifted Bragg grating filter in an electro-optic polymer waveguide

James H. Menders; Wen C. Wang; Michael Fisher; Araz Yacoubian; De Yu Zang

doi:10.1117/12.506922

10 November 2003 Tunable phase-shifted Bragg grating filter in an electro-optic polymer waveguide

James H. Menders, Wen C. Wang, Michael Fisher, Araz Yacoubian, De Yu Zang

Proceedings Volume 5212, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials III; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506922
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We added a control electrode to a phase-shifted Bragg grating filter in an electro-optic polymer waveguide to obtained voltage tunability. The waveguide grating transmission spectrum near 1.3 microns featured a 5 GHz passband with a peak transmission of 32% within a 2 nm wide, 12 dB deep blocking band. With the waveguide grating sandwiched between gold layers separated by ~10 microns, we were able to shift the transmission spectrum at a rate of 0.1 GHz/volt. Such filter tunability may be used in ultradense WDM channel selection or to compensate for detuning by environmental factors.

Citation Download Citation

James H. Menders, Wen C. Wang, Michael Fisher, Araz Yacoubian, and De Yu Zang "Tunable phase-shifted Bragg grating filter in an electro-optic polymer waveguide", Proc. SPIE 5212, Linear and Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials III, (10 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506922

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available