DocumentCode
399138
Title
A novel waveguide structure for polarization insensitive AWGs
Author
Zhong, F. ; Parhami, F. ; Zhou, Z. ; Bornstein, J.
Author_Institution
Lightwave Microsyst. Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
703
Abstract
We developed a novel waveguide structure to realize polarization-insensitive AWGs. The waveguides involve a cap layer on top of the cores. Experimental and modeling results show that PDW of AWGs can be minimized (<0.01nm) by adjusting the cap thickness.
Keywords
arrayed waveguide gratings; elemental semiconductors; light polarisation; silicon; stress analysis; Si-based waveguide structure; cap layer; cap thickness; polarization dependent wavelength shifts; polarization insensitive AWG; waveguide core stress balance model; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Circuits; Laboratories; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Planar waveguides; Programmable control; Slabs; Stress; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248512
Filename
1248512
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