Design, simulation and evaluation of AWG based demultiplexers

Author

Seyringer, D. ; Uherek, F. ; Chovan, J. ; Kuzma, A.

Author_Institution

Res. Centre for Microtechnol., Vorarlberg Univ. of Appl. Sci., Dornbirn, Austria

fYear

2012

fDate

11-15 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

303

Lastpage

306

Abstract

We present the design, simulation and evaluation of low-index 8-channel, 100 GHz optical demultiplexer based on arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG). The AWG structure was designed using AWG-Parameters tool and the layout was created and simulated using three commercial photonic tools: Optiwave, Apollo Photonics and R-Soft. The design was also technologically verified. The output simulated/measured transmission characteristics were evaluated by AWG-Analyzer tool. The transmission parameters, calculated from simulated/measured characteristics, show very similar results however, the best agreement was achieved between the measurement and the Optiwave simulation.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; optical design techniques; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG-analyzer tool; AWG-based demultiplexers; AWG-parameter layout; AWG-parameter tool; Apollo photonics; Optiwave photonic tool; R-soft photonic tool; arrayed waveguide gratings; frequency 100 GHz; low-index 8-channel optical demultiplexer; optical design; transmission characteristics; wavelength division multiplexing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Loss measurement; Photonics; Refractive index; Semiconductor device measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Semiconductor Devices & Microsystems (ASDAM), 2012 Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Smolenice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1197-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASDAM.2012.6418537

Filename

6418537