Monolithic Integration of a Multiplexer/Demultiplexer With a Thermo-Optic VOA Array on an SOI Platform

Monolithic Integration of a Multiplexer/Demultiplexer With a Thermo-Optic VOA Array on an SOI Platform

In this letter, a nine-channel 100-GHz arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer/demultiplexer is monolithically integrated with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer thermo-optic variable optical attenuators (VOAs) arrayed on a silicon-on-insulator platform. The on-chip transmission loss is ~ 6 dB and the cros...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2009-03, Vol.21 (5), p.319-321
Hauptverfasser: Qing Fang, Qing Fang, Junfeng Song, Junfeng Song, Gang Zhang, Gang Zhang, Mingbin Yu, Mingbin Yu, Yuliang Liu, Yuliang Liu, Guo-Qiang Lo, Guo-Qiang Lo, Dim-Lee Kwong, Dim-Lee Kwong
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Sprache:eng
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Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG)
Arrayed waveguide gratings
Conferences
Crosstalk
Demultiplexers
Devices
Fiber optics
Monolithic integrated circuits
monolithic integration
multiplexer/demultiplexer
Multiplexing
Noise levels
Optical arrays
Optical attenuators
Optical fibers
Optical losses
Optical waveguides
Platforms
Propagation losses
Silicon on insulator technology
silicon-on-insulator (SOI)
thermo-optic variable optical attenuator (VOA)
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Zusammenfassung:In this letter, a nine-channel 100-GHz arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer/demultiplexer is monolithically integrated with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer thermo-optic variable optical attenuators (VOAs) arrayed on a silicon-on-insulator platform. The on-chip transmission loss is ~ 6 dB and the crosstalk is less than -25 dB for the transverse-electric mode. The maximum modulation depths of different thermo-optic VOAs are similar, ~ 15 dB with 2.7-V bias. The frequency response of our device is fast (ges 100 kHz) for thermo-optic effect devices. The maximum power consumption of a single VOA is less than 35 mW.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2008.2011142