A voltage-controlled variable optical attenuator (VOA) based on silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLC) was fabricated by flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD). The variable attenuator with Cr heater achieves 20dB at...A voltage-controlled variable optical attenuator (VOA) based on silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLC) was fabricated by flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD). The variable attenuator with Cr heater achieves 20dB attenuation with 318mW electrical power at 1550 nm. The insertion loss and the polarization dependent loss (PDL) at 0 attenuation are 1dB and 0.23dB, respectively.展开更多
文摘A voltage-controlled variable optical attenuator (VOA) based on silica-based planar lightwave circuits (PLC) was fabricated by flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD). The variable attenuator with Cr heater achieves 20dB attenuation with 318mW electrical power at 1550 nm. The insertion loss and the polarization dependent loss (PDL) at 0 attenuation are 1dB and 0.23dB, respectively.