• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 2, Issue 8, 08438 (2004)
Jun Song* and Sailing He
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Joint Laboratory of Optical Communications of Zhejiang University, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Joint Research Center of Photonics of the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027
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    Jun Song, Sailing He. A flat-topped etched diffraction grating demultiplexer with low polarization-dependent loss using a tapered MMI structure[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(8): 08438 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A flat-topped etched diffraction grating (EDG) demultiplexer with a low polarization-dependent loss (PDL) is designed. A design and simulation method based on the method of moment (MoM) is proposed. A 65-channel EDG demultiplexer with channel spacing of 100 GHz is considered as a design example. A tapered multi-mode interferometer (MMI) is used to flatten the passband of the EDG demultiplexer. The numerical results show that the exit width of the tapered waveguide impacts the loss of the TE case more than that of the TM case. Based on this fact, the exit width of the taper is optimized to obtain the lowest PDL. The tapering angle is also optimized where the minimal ripple is obtained. The designed EDG demultiplexer has an excellent flat-topped spectral response and a very low PDL.
    Jun Song, Sailing He. A flat-topped etched diffraction grating demultiplexer with low polarization-dependent loss using a tapered MMI structure[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(8): 08438
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