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대한전자공학회 (The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers)
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새로운 수직형 비대칭 광 결합구조를 이용한 폴리머 열광학 변조기 구현

Implementation of Polymeric Thermo-optic Modulator using a New Vertical Asymmetric Optical Coupler

  • 이소영 (경북대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 권재영 (경북대학교 전자전기공학부 a 김광택)
  • 발행 : 2000.05.01
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제작 공정이 단순하고 결합길이가 매우 짧은 폴리머를 이용한 수직형 비대칭 광 결합기를 새로이 제안하고, 폴리머를 이용한 열광학 변조기를 제작하였다. 전산모의를 통하여 광통신 파장대인 1.33㎛ TE모드에서 중간 버퍼층 두께 t=0.4㎛이고, n/sub u/=1.522, n/sub l/=1.51이고 nt=1.49일 때, 결합길이가 277㎛이며, 최고 94%의 결합 및 재결합 효율을 얻음으로써 비대칭 구조에서의 최적화를 도모하였다. 또한 반전된 립도파로와 평면 도파로를 상하부 수직형태로 갖는 광결합기를 제작하고 폴리머를 이용한 열광학 변조기를 구현하였다. 변조특성은 구동전력 4.5㎽, 소멸비 17㏈, 변조대역 600㎐로 삽입손실은 4.5㏈였다.

We newly proposed a polymer based vertical asymmetric optical coupler, which was characterized by simple fabricating procedure and short coupling length. And we fabricated a thermo-optic modulator using the polymeric optical coupler. We optimized the proposed device by coupling characteristic analysis. In a TE polarized 1.33${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ wavelength, we obtained very short coupling length(L=277.6${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$) with 0.4${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ thickness of middle layer, high coupling efficiency(94%), and asymmetric vertical waveguides with n$_{u}$ = 1.522, n$_{l}$ = 1.51. We implemented vortical asymmetric thermo-optic modulator with lower inverted rib waveguide and upper slab waveguide. In the 600Hz bandwidth and 4.5㎽ input power, the extinction ratio of the mode was 17㏈ with an insertion loss of 4.5㏈.

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