Polymer optical waveguide devices for mode-division-multiplexing applications

Kin Seng Chiang

doi:10.1117/12.2265275

17 May 2017 Polymer optical waveguide devices for mode-division-multiplexing applications

Kin Seng Chiang

Proceedings Volume 10242, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations III; 102420R (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265275
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Mode-division multiplexing (MDM), which allows different guided modes of a few-mode fiber to carry different signals, is a new technology being actively pursued worldwide to increase the signal-carrying capacity of a fiber. For the development of the MDM technology, many mode-controlling devices are needed, such as mode converters, mode (de)multiplexers, mode filters, and mode-selective switches. Among the various technologies available for the implementation of such devices, the polymer waveguide technology offers many distinct advantages. This paper presents a review of polymer waveguide devices for MDM applications, which include grating-based mode converters, 3D mode (de)multiplexers, graphene-based mode filters, and thermo-optic mode-selective switches.

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Kin Seng Chiang "Polymer optical waveguide devices for mode-division-multiplexing applications", Proc. SPIE 10242, Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations III, 102420R (17 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2265275

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