Fused vertical couplers
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A vertical directional coupler fabricated using wafer fusion is demonstrated with a very short coupling length of 62 mm. The optical propagation loss introduced by the fused layer is investigated. An excess loss of 1.1 dB/cm at 1.55 mm was measured for waveguides which incorporate a fused junction near the core region. Fused vertical couplers make it possible to realize three-dimensional waveguide structures and compact switching arrays and they solve some of the topology problems of large switch arrays. © 1998 American Institute of Physics. @S0003-6951~98!02221-9#
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