Design and fabrication of arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers on silicon-on-insulator platforms

Georges Przyrembel; Berndt Kuhlow; Kimmo V. Solehmainen; Timo T. Aalto; Päivi Heimala

doi:10.1117/1.2784772

1 September 2007 Design and fabrication of arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers on silicon-on-insulator platforms

Georges Przyrembel, Berndt Kuhlow, Kimmo V. Solehmainen, Timo T. Aalto, Päivi Heimala

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 46, Issue 9, 094602 (September 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2784772

Abstract

We report on the design, fabrication, and optical characteristics of arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) devices on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platforms to act as multiplexers in a hybridly integrated wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmitter for telecommunications and datacom applications. In order to achieve efficient coupling to laser diodes, SOI layers with 4-μm-thick Si were used to form rib waveguides. The AWG devices comprised eight channels with a channel spacing of 200 GHz around a center wavelength at 1550 nm. AWG integration with variable optical attenuators is demonstrated to add channel equalization ability.

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Georges Przyrembel, Berndt Kuhlow, Kimmo V. Solehmainen, Timo T. Aalto, and Päivi Heimala "Design and fabrication of arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers on silicon-on-insulator platforms," Optical Engineering 46(9), 094602 (1 September 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2784772

Published: 1 September 2007

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