Optical signal summation with multiplayer integrated optical fan-out devices

Ulrich Streppel; Peter Dannberg; Christoph A. Waechter; Andreas H. Braeuer; Pierre Nicole

doi:10.1117/12.525261

19 November 2003 Optical signal summation with multiplayer integrated optical fan-out devices

Ulrich Streppel, Peter Dannberg, Christoph A. Waechter, Andreas H. Braeuer, Pierre Nicole

Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525261
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

In the field of active phased array antenna applications, the needs for high frequency carriers and very wideband communication and radar systems technologies with low volume, e.g., for airborne applications, drives the development of new concepts for all components of such networks. One building block for the beamforming in active antennas is the summation of signals, coming from different modules of the network. This paper presents the realization of an optical summation via integrated optical fan-out devices consisting of four stacked layers of single-mode waveguides. A novel fabrication method for these all-polymer multilayer devices is developed. This new process scheme as well as experimental results from the characterization of two exemplary versions of fan-outs (with and without equal path lengths) are discussed in detail.

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Ulrich Streppel, Peter Dannberg, Christoph A. Waechter, Andreas H. Braeuer, and Pierre Nicole "Optical signal summation with multiplayer integrated optical fan-out devices", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.525261

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