Passband-flattened arrayed-waveguide grating design using an aspheric output star coupler

Michael C. Parker; Farsheed Farjady; Stuart D. Walker

doi:10.1117/12.328640

4 December 1998 Passband-flattened arrayed-waveguide grating design using an aspheric output star coupler

Michael C. Parker, Farsheed Farjady, Stuart D. Walker

Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328640
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

We describe a novel technique for passband control and shaping of an arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) by designing the output star coupler to exhibit a parabolic deviation from the standard Rowland circle geometry. Passband broadening from 1 nm to 12 nm is possible using this approach. In principle, the phase-apodization function is equivalent to incorporating a synthetic aperture within the AWG, so that the same effect can be achieved by positioning a suitable aspheric-shaped anomalous refractive-index region within the arrayed-waveguide section of the device.

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Michael C. Parker, Farsheed Farjady, and Stuart D. Walker "Passband-flattened arrayed-waveguide grating design using an aspheric output star coupler", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328640

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