Title :
Low chromatic-dispersion flat-top arrayed waveguide grating filter
Author :
Kitoh, T. ; Inoue, Y. ; Itoh, M. ; Kotoku, M. ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fDate :
7/24/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A low chromatic dispersion (CD) flat-top arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) filter with a novel parabolic waveguide horn is proposed, and a 100 GHz-spacing 16-channel flat-top AWG that reduces the CD from -20.9 to -3.2 ps/nm has been successfully fabricated.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; arrayed waveguide grating filter; flat-top AWG filter; low chromatic dispersion AWG filter; parabolic waveguide horn;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030737
