Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 15, Issue 4, 041301(2017)

Low-crosstalk silicon photonics arrayed waveguide grating

Zhiqun Zhang1,2, Juan Hu2, Hua Chen2, Fangjiang Li2, Lei Zhao2, Jinbin Gui2, and Qing Fang2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Library, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
  • 2College of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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    Schematic of 1×4 cascaded silicon photonics AWG.
    SEM images of 1×4 cascaded silicon photonics AWG.
    TEM image of one arrayed waveguide.
    Optical microscope image of 1×4 cascaded arrayed waveguides.
    Spectrum of the single AWG (TE).
    Spectrum of 1×4 cascaded arrayed waveguides (TE).
    • Table 1. Design Parameters of a Single AWG

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      Table 1. Design Parameters of a Single AWG

      Silicon waveguide total height220 nm
      Silicon rib waveguide height120 nm
      Min. pitch of input/output waveguides2.5 μm
      Min. pitch of arrayed waveguides2.5 μm
      Width of arrayed waveguides600 nm
      Channel spacing6.4 nm
      Grating order28
      FPR82.9 μm
      FSR44.1 nm
      Number of arrayed waveguide20
      Min. radius of arrayed waveguides30 μm
      Length difference of arrayed waveguides13.95 μm
      Operation wavelength1.55 μm
    • Table 2. Results of Single AWG and 1×4 Cascaded AWGs

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      Table 2. Results of Single AWG and 1×4 Cascaded AWGs

       Single AWGCascaded AWG
      Insertion loss (including coupling loss of 3.6 dB)5.6 dB7.6 dB
      Loss non-uniformity0.2 dB0.4 dB
      Crosstalk12.5 dB33.2 dB
      1st channel wavelength (λ1)1569.2 nm1570.2 nm
      2nd channel wavelength (λ2)1575.6 nm1576.6 nm
      3rd channel wavelength (λ3)1581.9 nm1582.9 nm
      4th channel wavelength (λ4)1588.2 nm1589.3 nm
      Channel spacing6.4±0.1nm6.4±0.1nm
      FSR44.5 nm44.5 nm
      Average 3-dB bandwidth3.0 nm1.9 nm
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    Zhiqun Zhang, Juan Hu, Hua Chen, Fangjiang Li, Lei Zhao, Jinbin Gui, Qing Fang. Low-crosstalk silicon photonics arrayed waveguide grating[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(4): 041301

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Nov. 30, 2016

    Accepted: Jan. 13, 2017

    Published Online: Jul. 25, 2018

    The Author Email: Qing Fang (qingfang@kmust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL201715.041301

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