A high-performance silicon arrayed-waveguide grating(AWG)with 0.4-nm channel spacing for dense wavelength-division multiplexing systems is designed and realized successfully.The device design involves broadening the a...A high-performance silicon arrayed-waveguide grating(AWG)with 0.4-nm channel spacing for dense wavelength-division multiplexing systems is designed and realized successfully.The device design involves broadening the arrayed waveguides far beyond the single-mode regime,which minimizes random phase errors and propagation loss without requiring any additional fabrication steps.To further enhance performance,Euler bends have been incorporated into the arrayed waveguides to reduce the device’s physical footprint and suppress the excitation of higher modes.In addition,shallowly etched transition regions are introduced at the junctions between the free-propagation regions and the arrayed waveguides to minimize mode mismatch losses.As an example,a 32×32 AWG(de)multiplexer with a compact size of 900μm×2200μm is designed and demonstrated with a narrow channel spacing of 0.4 nm by utilizing 220-nm-thick silicon photonic waveguides.The measured excess loss for the central channel is∼0.65 dB,the channel nonuniformity is around 2.5 dB,while the adjacent-channel crosstalk of the central output port is−21.4 dB.To the best of our knowledge,this AWG(de)multiplexer is the best one among silicon-based implementations currently available,offering both dense channel spacing and a large number of channels.展开更多
We have demonstrated polarization insensitive AWGs by controlling the doping concentration of Boron in overcladding and the etching depth of waveguide. The proposed method uses the conventional fabrication process and...We have demonstrated polarization insensitive AWGs by controlling the doping concentration of Boron in overcladding and the etching depth of waveguide. The proposed method uses the conventional fabrication process and does not degrade optical properties and reliability characteristics.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U23B2047,62321166651,62205292,and 92150302)the Zhejiang Major Research and Development Program(Grant No.2021C01199)+1 种基金the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant Nos.LZ18F050001,LD19F050001,LQ21F050006,and LD22F040004)the Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(Grant No.2021R01001)。
文摘A high-performance silicon arrayed-waveguide grating(AWG)with 0.4-nm channel spacing for dense wavelength-division multiplexing systems is designed and realized successfully.The device design involves broadening the arrayed waveguides far beyond the single-mode regime,which minimizes random phase errors and propagation loss without requiring any additional fabrication steps.To further enhance performance,Euler bends have been incorporated into the arrayed waveguides to reduce the device’s physical footprint and suppress the excitation of higher modes.In addition,shallowly etched transition regions are introduced at the junctions between the free-propagation regions and the arrayed waveguides to minimize mode mismatch losses.As an example,a 32×32 AWG(de)multiplexer with a compact size of 900μm×2200μm is designed and demonstrated with a narrow channel spacing of 0.4 nm by utilizing 220-nm-thick silicon photonic waveguides.The measured excess loss for the central channel is∼0.65 dB,the channel nonuniformity is around 2.5 dB,while the adjacent-channel crosstalk of the central output port is−21.4 dB.To the best of our knowledge,this AWG(de)multiplexer is the best one among silicon-based implementations currently available,offering both dense channel spacing and a large number of channels.
文摘We have demonstrated polarization insensitive AWGs by controlling the doping concentration of Boron in overcladding and the etching depth of waveguide. The proposed method uses the conventional fabrication process and does not degrade optical properties and reliability characteristics.
