Arrayed waveguide lens wavelength add-drop in silica

Author

Doerr, C.R. ; Stulz, L.W. ; Gates, J. ; Cappuzzo, M. ; Laskowski, E. ; Gomez, L. ; Paunescu, A. ; White, A. ; Narayanan, C.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

557

Lastpage

559

Abstract

We present experimental results of an integrated 16-channel, 100-GHz-channel-spacing wavelength add-drop in silica. It consists of two interleave-chirped waveguide grating routers connected by an array of waveguides containing thermooptic phase shifters. The fully packaged device has 6.6-7.6-dB fiber-to-fiber insertion loss and a switching extinction ratio >27 dB (>33 dB for a single polarization) when used as an add-drop, It is compact, allowing for at least four such devices per 5-in-diameter wafer.

Keywords

chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; integrated optics; lenses; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical phase shifters; packaging; silicon compounds; telecommunication network routing; thermo-optical effects; wavelength division multiplexing; 5 in; 6.6 to 7.6 dB; arrayed waveguide lens wavelength add-drop; fiber-to-fiber insertion loss; fully packaged device; integrated 16-channel 100-GHz-channel-spacing wavelength add-drop; interleave-chirped waveguide grating routers; silica; single polarization; switching extinction ratio; thermooptic phase shifters; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Lenses; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Packaging; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.759397

Filename

759397