• DocumentCode
    1348766
  • Title

    Design of low-loss and polarization-insensitive reflection grating-based planar demultiplexers

  • Author

    Chowdhury, Dipak

  • Author_Institution
    Corning Inc., NY, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • Firstpage
    233
  • Lastpage
    239
  • Abstract
    A method for designing polarization-insensitive reflection grating-based planar optical demultiplexer is presented. The grating profile is modified to obtain minimum loss variation over a large (31 nm) bandwidth. Also, the maximum polarization dependent loss variation of only 0.27 dB is obtained over the same spectral range.
  • Keywords
    demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; design; planar optical demultiplexer; polarization dependent loss; reflection grating; Bandwidth; Design methodology; Diffraction gratings; Geometrical optics; Insertion loss; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Phased arrays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1077-260X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2944.847758
  • Filename
    847758