Title :
Sidelobes caused by polarization rotation in arrayed waveguide gratings
Author :
Kleijn, Emil ; Williams, Peter J. ; Whitbread, Neil D. ; Wale, Michael J. ; Smit, Meint K. ; Leijtens, Xaveer J M
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Polarization rotation within an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) is found to cause sidelobes in the response of the AWG. The devices in which this effect was observed are briefly discussed. Their measured responses are compared to a detailed simulation.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; arrayed waveguide grating; polarization rotation; sidelobes; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Arrays; Indexes; Layout; Semiconductor device measurement; Wavelength measurement; Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); birefringence; integrated optics; optical planar waveguides; optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953714
