Title :
Compact low-cost tunable acrylate polymer arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer
Author :
Callender, C.L. ; Viens, J.F. ; Noad, J.P. ; Eldada, L.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
10/14/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A compact 16×16 channel arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer with 1.6 nm (200 GHz) channel spacing at 1550 nm has been fabricated using acrylate polymers. The crosstalk is <-25 dB, uniformity is ±0.5 dB and on-chip loss is 7.7 dB. Device sizes as small as 16.5×12 mm2 have been achieved
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical crosstalk; optical waveguide components; wavelength division multiplexing; 1550 nm; 7.7 dB; acrylate polymers; arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer; channel spacing; crosstalk; on-chip loss; uniformity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19991221
