Photonic Components NAPOLY

New applications of polymers for passive optical components (NAPOLY)

Project manager: Norbert Keil
Tel. +49 30 31002-590
Fax +49 30 31002-558

Funding: ALCATEL SEL AG, ZFZ/OC, Stuttgart, Germany
Duration: 03/1998 - 12/2003
Cooperation: Fraunhofer PYCO, Teltow, Germany
Sign: 400076

Topic: New technical approaches and product opportunities for vertical coupled switches (VCS), micro ring resonators (MRR), tuneable chromatic dispersion compensators (CDC), active gain equalizers (AGE), and optical add/drop multiplexer (OADM) based on use of a hybrid integration technology (silica/polymer motherboards).

Vertical coupled silica/polymer switch

Vertical coupled silica/polymer ring resonator