A polarization-diversity wavelength duplexer circuit in silicon-on-insulator photonic wires
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- 19 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 15 (4) , 1567-1578
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.15.001567
Abstract
We present a wavelength duplexer based on a compact arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic wire waveguides. Polarization insensitive operation is achieved through a special polarization diversity approach in which we use 2-D grating fiber couplers as integrated polarization splitters. To mitigate the effects of process variations, we propagated both polarizations in opposite directions through the same AWG with a mere 600×350μm 2 footprint. This resulted in an on-chip insertion loss between −2.1dB and −6.9dB, crosstalk of −15dB, and only 0.66dB polarization dependent loss. This is the first demonstration of a functional polarization-diversity circuit implemented in SOI nanophotonic waveguides, including interfaces to single-mode fiber.Keywords
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