• 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