ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS.ppt

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS -By Shodhan Shetty ECE-E641 Operation Principle Operation Principle (contd ..) Operation Principle (contd..) Fresnel-Kirchoff diffraction integral Free Spectral Range Functions WDM de(multiplexing) [1] OADM [2] Wavelength Routing Signal Processing Dispersion Compensation [3] Optical True-time delay lines [4] Optical Filters [5] Femto-second pulse train generation [6] Specifications required: Channel Spacing Pass band Shape Adjacent Channel Crosstalk Free Spectral Range WDM de(multiplexing) and OADM Optical Filter [7] Optical Filter (contd.. ) Optical Delay Line [4] AWG Chip References [1] H. Yamada et al, Measurement of Phase and Amplitude Error Distributions in Arrayed-Waveguide Grating Multi/Demultiplexers Based on Dispersive Waveguide, Journal of Lightwave Technol., p.1309 (2000) [2] Y. Tachikawa, Y. Inoue, M.Kawachi, H. Takahashi, and K. Inoue,”Arrayed-waveguide grating add-drop multiplexer with loop-back optical paths,” Electron. Lett., 1993,29,pp. 2133-2134 [3] Michael Parker, Stuart walker,” Arrayed waveguide gratings, fiber Bragg gratings, and photonic crystals: An Isomorphic Fourier transform light propagation analysis,” IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics, vol. 8, pp. 1158, 2002 [4] B. Vidal et al, “Novel Dispersion-based optical delay line using Arrayed waveguide grating for antenna beamforming applications [5] K. Okamoto,” Recent progress of integrated optics planar lightwave circuits,” Optical quantum Electron., vol. 31, pp. 107-129,1999 [6] D.E. Leird, A.M. Weiner et al, “Generation of high repetition rate WDM pulse trains from an Arrayed waveguide grating,” IEEE PTL, vol. 13, pp. 221, 2001 [7] Van Thourhaut et al,”Novel Geometry for an Integrated channel Selector,” IEEE Jour. of sel. Topics in Quantum Electronics * * Free Propagation Regions (FPRs) Arrayed Waveguides AWG is a complex optical circuit contained on a glass-silicon wafer about 1 or 2 inches in diameter Application of