Arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers with flat spectral response using non-uniform arrays

Author

Mansouri, A. Shah ; Faraji-Dana, R.

Author_Institution

Tehran Univ., Iran

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

307

Lastpage

310

Abstract

Until now, arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multi/demultiplexers have been fabricated based on uniform arrayed waveguide gratings with very sharp passbands. Consequently, they are sensitive to wavelength fluctuations of the laser sources. In this paper, by optimizing the waveguide lengths of the AWG, using a genetic algorithm, a nonuniform AWG has been designed with flat passband

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; genetic algorithms; multiplexing equipment; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical waveguide components; optical waveguide theory; AWG multi/demultiplexers; arrayed waveguide grating multi/demultiplexers; arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers; flat passband; flat spectral response; genetic algorithm; laser sources; nonuniform AWG design; nonuniform arrays; sharp passbands; uniform arrayed waveguide gratings; waveguide length optimization; wavelength fluctuations; Apertures; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Couplings; Fluctuations; Multiplexing; Optical arrays; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Planar waveguides; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics, 2000. ICM 2000. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tehran

Print_ISBN

964-360-057-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICM.2000.916466

Filename

916466