Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 50, Issue 22, 2219001(2023)

Compact High Uniformity Silicon Waveguide Arrayed Waveguide Grating

Zhihua Feng1,4, Shuo Yuan2, Yishu Chen2, Haipeng Liu2, Qunyu Bi3, Fuling Zhang4、*, and Jijun Feng2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi an 710071, Shaanxi, China
  • 2Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 3Key Lab of Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu, China
  • 4The 27th Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Zhengzhou 450047, Henan, China
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    Figures & Tables(8)
    Schematics of arrayed waveguide grating and star coupler. (a) Structure of arrayed waveguide grating; (b) structure of star coupler
    Waveguide platform and TE fundamental mode. (a) SOI platform; (b) TE fundamental mode field distribution
    Bending loss and effective index versus bending radius
    Schematic of manufacturing process of silicon waveguide arrayed waveguide gratings
    Optical microscope image of arrayed waveguide grating
    Schematic of test system
    Output spectra of 8-channel 200 GHz silicon waveguide arrayed waveguide grating measured by experiment
    • Table 1. Main parameters of compact high uniformity silicon waveguide arrayed waveguide grating

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      Table 1. Main parameters of compact high uniformity silicon waveguide arrayed waveguide grating

      ParameterValue
      Number of channels8
      Center wavelength /nm1577.5
      Channel spacing /nm1.6
      Free spectral range /nm29.44
      Number of arrayed waveguides43
      Minimum bending radius /μm15
      Single mode waveguide width /nm500
      Diffraction order21
      Length increment /μm14.05
      Pitch of adjacent arrayed waveguides /μm1.2
      Length of star coupler /μm86
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    Zhihua Feng, Shuo Yuan, Yishu Chen, Haipeng Liu, Qunyu Bi, Fuling Zhang, Jijun Feng. Compact High Uniformity Silicon Waveguide Arrayed Waveguide Grating[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2023, 50(22): 2219001

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    Received: Feb. 2, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 15, 2023

    Published Online: Nov. 7, 2023

    The Author Email: Zhang Fuling (lidarzhang666@163.com), Feng Jijun (fjijun@usst.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL230484

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