• DocumentCode
    751226
  • Title

    Integrated band demultiplexer using waveguide grating routers

  • Author

    Doerr, C.R. ; Pafchek, R. ; Stulz, L.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1088
  • Lastpage
    1090
  • Abstract
    We present a novel band demultiplexer design for planar lightwave circuits. It consists of two perfectly sampled waveguide grating routers connected by sets of equal-path-length waveguides separated on one side. Its advantages are compactness, sharp passband corners, and a lack of chromatic dispersion.
  • Keywords
    arrayed waveguide gratings; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; wavelength division multiplexing; CWDM; DWDM; coarse wavelength-division multiplexed; compactness; demultiplexer design; equal-path-length waveguides; integrated band demultiplexer; planar lightwave circuits; sharp passband corners; waveguide grating routers; Band pass filters; Gratings; Joining processes; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Passband; Waveguide discontinuities; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2003.815327
  • Filename
    1215512