IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 1999 · 34 citations · 11 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsIntegrated OpticsIntegrated PhotonicsOptical FibersOptical WaveguidesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsWaveguidesArrayed Waveguide GratingsExtinction RatioIntegrated Optical WaveguidesIntegrated WaveguidesOptical Phase ShiftersPhase ShiftersPolarizationWaveguide Integration
We present experimental results of an integrated 16-channel, 100-GHz-channel-spacing wavelength add-drop in silica. It consists of two interleave-chirped waveguide grating routers connected by an array of waveguides containing thermooptic phase shifters. The fully packaged device has 6.6-7.6-dB fiber-to-fiber insertion loss and a switching extinction ratio >27 dB (>33 dB for a single polarization) when used as an add-drop, It is compact, allowing for at least four such devices per 5-in-diameter wafer.
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