Design and simulation of a polymeric variable optical attenuator

Sihua Zeng; Daqing Zhu; Bingna Zhang; Wei Lei

doi:10.1117/12.521804

30 April 2004 Design and simulation of a polymeric variable optical attenuator

Sihua Zeng, Daqing Zhu, Bingna Zhang, Wei Lei

Proceedings Volume 5279, Optical Fibers and Passive Components; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.521804
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications, 2003, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Y-branch is an important optical passive component. It can be used as power splitter and mode conversion. In this paper, a variable optical attenuator was designed using an asymmetric Y-branch. The device was simulated by FDBPM (Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method). It has the characteristics of compact size, large scale dynamic attenuation and low power consumption.

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Sihua Zeng, Daqing Zhu, Bingna Zhang, and Wei Lei "Design and simulation of a polymeric variable optical attenuator", Proc. SPIE 5279, Optical Fibers and Passive Components, (30 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.521804

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