Title :
Glass based 16 channels arrayed waveguide grating by ion exchange technique
Author :
Woei, Heng Cherng ; Shaari, Sahbudin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of MicroEngineering & Nanoelectronics, Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract :
Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with 16 channels, 100 GHz channel spacing was fabricated on silica glass substrate by using ion exchange technique. The minimum insertion loss is 26.18 dB with channel crosstalk below -4.13 dB and the channel uniformity is <2.55 dB. The AWG can function as demultiplexing but performance is low due to the existence error of ion exchange technique.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; crosstalk; glass; ion exchange; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 GHz; 26.18 dB; arrayed waveguide grating; channel crosstalk; channel spacing; channel uniformity; insertion loss; ion exchange technique; silica glass substrate; Aluminum; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Channel spacing; Glass; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wet etching;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Electronics, 2004. ICSE 2004. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8658-2
DOI :
10.1109/SMELEC.2004.1620925
