DocumentCode
767472
Title
Low chromatic-dispersion flat-top arrayed waveguide grating filter
Author
Kitoh, T. ; Inoue, Y. ; Itoh, M. ; Kotoku, M. ; Hibino, Y.
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Volume
39
Issue
15
fYear
2003
fDate
7/24/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1116
Lastpage
1118
Abstract
A low chromatic dispersion (CD) flat-top arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) filter with a novel parabolic waveguide horn is proposed, and a 100 GHz-spacing 16-channel flat-top AWG that reduces the CD from -20.9 to -3.2 ps/nm has been successfully fabricated.
Keywords
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; arrayed waveguide grating filter; flat-top AWG filter; low chromatic dispersion AWG filter; parabolic waveguide horn;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20030737
Filename
1222679
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