DocumentCode
1166205
Title
Ultrawide AWG with hyper-Gaussian profile
Author
Fondeur, Bart ; Sala, Anca L. ; Yamada, Hiroaki ; Brainard, Robert ; Egan, Erik ; Thekdi, Sanjay ; Gopinathan, Niranjan ; Nakamoto, David ; Vaidyanathan, Aparajithan
Author_Institution
JDS Uniphase Corp., Milpitas, CA, USA
Volume
16
Issue
12
fYear
2004
Firstpage
2628
Lastpage
2630
Abstract
We present the principle of hyper-Gaussian arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), applied successfully to realize an ultraflat 500-GHz spacing demultiplexer with 1-dB passband above 80% of the channel spacing, and a zero chromatic dispersion 50-GHz spacing wide-band AWG.
Keywords
arrayed waveguide gratings; channel spacing; demultiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; 500 GHz; arrayed waveguide grating; channel spacing; chromatic dispersion; hyper-Gaussian ultrawide AWG; spacing demultiplexer; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Equations; Insertion loss; Mercury (metals); Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Passband; Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs); integrated optical devices; multiplexers; wide-band filters;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2004.836746
Filename
1359933
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