We compare the performance of silicon-based arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) with star couplers of Rowland and Confocal configurations, respectively, for both TE and TM polarizations.
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Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG) are commonly used as optical (de)multiplexers in wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) systems. It is usually built as part of a planar lightwave circuit (photonic integrated circuit), where the light coming from an input fiber first enters a multimode. Component-level simulations using varFDTD are carried out for more realistic results. It is a very powerful integrated light-dispersion technology with sig-nificant exibility for tailoring its performance to the individual.
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We design and fabricate an eight-channel thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) and demonstrate the electro-optical tunability of the device. The transmission of the fabri-cated TFLN AWG near the central wavelength of 1550 nm is. Arrayed waveguide grating is a versatile and scalable integrated light dispersion device, which has been widely adopted in various applications, including, optical communications and optical sensing.
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A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is a type of distributed Bragg reflector constructed in a short segment of optical fiber that reflects particular wavelengths of light and transmits all others. This is achieved by creating a periodic variation in the refractive index of the fiber core, which generates a wavelength-specific dielectric mirror. The term type in this context refers to the underlying mechanism by which grating fringes are produced in the fiber.
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The waveguide consists of a semi-infinite slab of dielectric materials with thickness d and refractive index n 1 (the core) that is sandwiched between two regions (the cladding) both of refractive index n 2, and where n 1>n 2. One essential el-ement is the guiding of the optical radiation in waveguides for integrated optical devices and optical fibers for long distance transmission. The same mathematical ideas can be applied (with minor modifications) to circular waveguides. The waveguide core size of the fundamental mode in the waveguide direction (y axis) can be enlarged to 400 μm by introducing the refractive index matching and mode competition, to increase single-pass gain of the waveguide while ensuring good beam quality in the y -axis direction.
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