Lignes a retard optiques realisees par la technique de l'echange d'ions sur verre pour des systemes de telecommunications a tres hauts debits

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI950134

Project closed

Start date 1 March 1996

End date 28 February 1997

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
France

Objective

Optical delay lines realized with integrated optics are important elements for the realization of wavelength/frequency multiplexing and demultiplexing tasks in optical communication systems. As the channel spacing in the WDM/FDM communication networks is getting smaller and smaller, the polarisation dependence of the spectral response due to the waveguide birefringence of the optical delay lines becomes a serious problem.
In this project, we propose the realization of completely polarization independent optical delay lines fabricated by ion exchange in glass, done by inserting a passive integrated TE/TM polarization converter in the middle of the delay lines. The polarization converter, based on the photoelastic effect, will introduce an equal optical delay for TE and TM modes respectively thus permitting a completely polarization independent operation. The functioning of the delay lines will be demonstrated in the realization of a polarisation independent frequency (de)multiplexer, based on an asymmetrical MZ interferometer.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › materials engineering
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TP04 - Optics

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 23 avenue des Martyrs ; 38016 Grenoble ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

Not available

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data