Title :
Silicon photonic accurate wavelength detection using an AWG and time-domain multiplexing
Author :
Ruocco, Alfonso ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Bogaerts, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We present a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) compact wavelength detector. An AWG in Vernier configuration is used as wavelength selective device and thermo-optic MZ modulators perform time-domain multiplexing on the inputs. The measured average accuracy is 180 pm.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; multiplexing; optical modulation; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; AWG; SOI; Si; silicon photonics; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optic MZ modulators; time-domain multiplexing; wavelength detection; Accuracy; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Modulation; Multiplexing; Photonics; Time-domain analysis; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961931
