Silicon-on-insulator-based optical demultiplexer employing turning-mirror-integrated arrayed-waveguide grating

Author

Jia, Kemiao ; Wang, Wenhui ; Tang, Yanzhe ; Yang, Yirong ; Yang, Jianyi ; Jiang, Xiaoqing ; Wu, Yaming ; Wang, Minghua ; Wang, Yuelin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Electron. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2005

Firstpage

378

Lastpage

380

Abstract

In this letter, we demonstrate an optical demultiplexer on the silicon-on-insulator material employing the turning-mirror-integrated arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG). We substitute the bent waveguide array in the traditional AWG configuration by adopting the structure of the turning-mirror-integrated straight waveguides. Description of the design procedure is provided. The crosstalk of the fabricated 1×4 AWG is better than -23.1 dB. The typical on-chip insertion loss is about -8 dB and the output nonuniformity is less than 0.4 dB. The polarization-dependent central wavelength shift is about 0.068 nm.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; light polarisation; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical losses; silicon-on-insulator; -8 dB; Si; arrayed-waveguide grating; central wavelength shift; crosstalk; design procedure; on-chip insertion loss; optical demultiplexer; output nonuniformity; polarization-dependent wavelength shift; silicon-on-insulator; turning-mirror-integrated straight waveguides; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Integrated optics; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG); integrated optics; mirror; optical demultiplexer (Demux); ridge waveguide; silicon-on-insulator (SOI);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.839394

Filename

1386321