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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248512
