Arrayed waveguide dynamic gain equalization filter with reduced insertion loss and increased dynamic range

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.R. Doerr ◽  
K.W. Chang ◽  
L.W. Stulz ◽  
R. Pafchek ◽  
Q. Guo ◽  
...  
2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.R. Doerr ◽  
R. Pafchek ◽  
L.W. Stulz

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Siming Weng ◽  
Pei Yuan ◽  
Wei Zhuang ◽  
Dongliang Zhang ◽  
Fei Luo ◽  
...  

For the development of minimized and high-rate photonic-integrated fiber Bragg grating interrogation (FBGI) systems, arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) has been widely used as one of the critical components. In this paper, we present an 8-channel SOI-based AWG for a photonic integrated FBG interrogation microsystem. The channel spacing of the AWG is designed to be 3 nm to meet a high-dynamic-range demodulation requirement. The core size of the fabricated AWG is about 335 × 335 μm2. The simulation results and experimental results are in high agreement, showing that AWG has a fine transmission spectrum with crosstalk below −16 dB, nonuniformity below 0.4 dB, insertion loss below −6.35 dB, 3 dB bandwidth about 1.3 nm and 10 dB bandwidth of 2.3 nm. The proposed AWG can be applied perfectly to the SOI-based AWG demodulation microsystem, exhibiting a large dynamic range of 1.2 nm, the resolution for measurements is 1.27 pm and a high accuracy of 20.6 pm.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongqiang Li ◽  
Yaoting Bai ◽  
Xiaye Dong ◽  
Enbang Li ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
...  

Four methods based on a multimode interference (MMI) structure are optimally designed to flatten the spectral response of silicon-on-insulator- (SOI-) based arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) applied in a demodulation integration microsystem. In the design for each method, SOI is selected as the material, the beam propagation method is used, and the performances (including the 3 dB passband width, the crosstalk, and the insertion loss) of the flat-top AWG are studied. Moreover, the output spectrum responses of AWGs with or without a flattened structure are compared. The results show that low insertion loss, crosstalk, and a flat and efficient spectral response are simultaneously achieved for each kind of structure. By comparing the four designs, the design that combines a tapered MMI with tapered input/output waveguides, which has not been previously reported, was shown to yield better results than others. The optimized design reduced crosstalk to approximately −21.9 dB and had an insertion loss of −4.36 dB and a 3 dB passband width, that is, approximately 65% of the channel spacing.


2014 ◽  
Vol 644-650 ◽  
pp. 3588-3592
Author(s):  
Ying Chao Xu ◽  
Qing Na Wang ◽  
Wen Zhang Zhu

Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is a very popular dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) device, which is produced in the field of optical communication technology. Instead of traditional grating and lens spectral system, AWG is used as the spectral chip in miniature Raman spectrometer. It’s quite important for miniature Raman spectrometer in miniaturization and low cost. This paper analyzed the basic principles of AWG device, and introduces the insertion loss, crosstalk and phase error performance parameters, also focuses on the specific technical requirements about wavelength, optical channel number, phase error, wavelength resolution and bandwidth, which are applied in miniature Raman spectrometer. Some new researches and a series of related simulation have been made, finally won the 1 * 40 channels AWG spectral chips, with wavelength range of 880-920 nm, insertion loss of center wavelengths is better than-0.9 dB.


2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1180-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sugita ◽  
A. Kaneko ◽  
K. Okamoto ◽  
M. Itoh ◽  
A. Himeno ◽  
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