Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 3, 031303(2024)

Ultralow cross talk arrayed waveguide grating integrated with tunable microring filter array On the Cover

Heming Hu1,2, Shiping Liu1, Tianwen Li1, Yongjie Fan1, Hua Chen1、*, and Qing Fang1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
  • 2College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Jilin 130012, China
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    (a) Schematic diagram of normal AWG; (b) schematic diagram of the designed AWG; (c) optical micrographs of the fabricated ultralow cross talk AWG.
    Simulated transmission spectrum of AWG (with and without errors) and MRR for the central wavelength of 1550 nm.
    (a) Schematic illustration of the ring resonator; (b) optical micrograph of the ring resonator.
    (a) Transmission spectra of the MRR drop side for both the simulation and actual test; (b) measured I-V curve and power consumption of the MRR; (c) relation between resonance wavelength and applied electric power on the heater of MRR; (d) shift of the resonance wavelength of MRR under 7.8 V voltage (red) and wavelength shift of the AWG first channel under voltage application (black).
    Measured spectra of AWG. (a) Reference normal AWG; (b) ultralow cross talk AWG integrated with MRRs.
    • Table 1. Design Parameters of the AWG and Ring

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      Table 1. Design Parameters of the AWG and Ring

      AWGRing
      ParameterValueParameterValue
      Central wavelength1.55 µmCentral wavelength1.55 µm
      Channel spacing3.2 nmRadius7.6 µm
      Number of input channels1Gap200 nm
      Number of output channels8Modulation methodThermos effect
      Number of arrayed WGs23Heater materialTiN
      Diffraction order50Heater width3 µm
      Path difference28 µmDistance of heater and WG1.2 µm
      Free spectral range25 nmFree spectral range12.8 nm
      Arrayed WG width0.8 µm
      Pitch width of arrayed WG2.8 µm
    • Table 2. Various Voltages Applied on the MRR to Overlap with the Center Wavelength of Each Channel of the AWG

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      Table 2. Various Voltages Applied on the MRR to Overlap with the Center Wavelength of Each Channel of the AWG

      ChannelCenter Wavelength(nm)Applied Voltage(V)
      11540.191.80
      21543.224.49
      31546.586.29
      41549.757.65
      51552.802.60
      61555.904.93
      71558.886.41
      81562.167.80
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    Heming Hu, Shiping Liu, Tianwen Li, Yongjie Fan, Hua Chen, Qing Fang, "Ultralow cross talk arrayed waveguide grating integrated with tunable microring filter array," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 031303 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Sep. 22, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 13, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 7, 2024

    The Author Email: Hua Chen (cherrychen40600@163.com), Qing Fang (semioelab@kmust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.031303

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.031303

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