Compact and low-loss arrayed waveguide grating module with tolerance-relaxed spot-size converter

A compact, low-loss arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) module was achieved by adopting a novel optical spot-size converter (SSC) to planar lightwave circuits (PLCs). The SSC is a laterally tapered waveguide that can be fabricated simply by the conventional fabrication process. The structure is composed of a core width converting region where the spot-size is converted efficiently, and a core width fine-tuning region where the cut-position tolerance is relaxed. We have applied this structure to a 1.5%-/spl Delta/ silica-based waveguides and reduced the single-mode fiber coupling loss to less than 0.5 dB/point. The SSC provides a large cut-position tolerance that enables angle polishing of the PLC endfaces to prevent reflection and low-loss connection of pigtail fibers. The center channel insertion loss of the AWG module was reduced from 4.2 to 2.2 dB, and the reflection was less than -60 dB.     

New design of 2-D photonic crystal waveguide couplers

Optical couplers arei mportant componentsinthe sys-temof optical signal processing,optical communicationand optical calculation.Therefore many people areinter-estedinseekingfor those couplers with uniquefunction.Photonic crystals (PC)[1-2]have drawn great…     

New low-loss liquid-core fibre waveguide

Low-loss liquid-core fibre-optical waveguides having a transmission loss of 10 dB/km has been made using commercially available glass tubing. The loss is less than 20 dB/km over a wavelength range of greater than 0.8?1.1 ?m, and, at the semiconductor laser wavelength of 0.9 ?m, has a value of 14 dB/km. This is the first low-loss fibre to be made using glass.     

Modeling and design of arrayed waveguide gratings

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, a simple but comprehensive and powerful arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) field model is presented which, based on Fourier optics, borrows some principles of that developed by Takeouchi and coworkers [see, Opt. Express, vol. 6, p. 124, 2000] for the analysis of reflective-type AWGs for optical signal processing, but at the same time adds more features, such as the calculation of device losses and the refinement of the mathematical model to obtain a simple expression for the output field for any input-output waveguide configuration where the meaning of the different high-level parameters of the AWG becomes very clear to the reader. Second, we elaborate on the model developed to present an useful design procedure of the AWG based on two steps illustrated by design flowcharts     

Broad-band high-silica optical waveguide star coupler withasymmetric directional couplers

A broadband optical waveguide star coupler with asymmetric directional couplers is proposed. A coupling or splitting ratio of the coupler is flattened with respect to wavelength by choosing appropriate values for Δβ and complete power transfer length. The wavelength characteristics of uniform and alternating Δ&thetas;b directional couplers are investigated, and their broadband operation is shown theoretically. To demonstrate the feasibility of the new proposal, 8×8 star couplers composed of such asymmetric directional couplers are fabricated by using high-silica waveguides on a silicon chip. A star coupler composed of asymmetric directional couplers exhibited 2-dB loss variation in the wavelength range of 1.3-1.55 μm, and this value was almost one fourth of that of a star coupler composed of symmetric directional couplers     

Novel design concept of waveguide mode adapter for low-loss modeconversion

We proposed a novel design concept of a mode adapter using a new parameter. The overlap integration of two adjacent mode profiles is defined as a single step loss (SSL) parameter for the characterization of optical mode confinement as well as the quantification of mode mismatch. The variation of SSL is described with two parameters. These parameters are V, a normalized frequency, and s, a differential width variation ratio. The contour for constant SSL in the V, s plane provides the optimized s curve as a function of V. The design concept with this constant SSL is shown to provide optimized adapters of minimized conversion loss     

New reflective type star couplers for full duplex channels

A new reflective-type singlemode fibre-optic passive star coupler is described. For this new type of coupler, power entering any one of the ports is divided to all ports except the input port, and thus the optical signal is prevented from returning to its own source.<>     

AWG插入损耗性能的分析和改善

阵列波导光栅(AWG)是实现密集波分复用(DWDM)光网络的理想器件，插入损耗是它的一个重要性能指标．文章在综述了多种减小AWG器件插入损耗方法的基础上，分析了如何使用楔形波导结构来降低模式失配所导致的耦合损耗．这种方法可以在不增加器件制作难度的同时大大降低AWG的插入损耗，并且适用于各种材料和结构的AWG器件设计。     

New design method for low-loss Y-branch waveguides

We propose a new method to design low-loss Y-branch waveguides. In conventional design methods, a specific geometry of branching structure is given first, and then structural parameters describing the details of the proposed geometry (for example, location, sizes, and refractive index of microprisms or phase-adjusting elements) are determined by ray optics or other means. In this paper, we take quite a different approach. Given a complex field distribution, one complex refractive index distribution that supports it is determined uniquely, according to the scalar Helmholtz equation. Using this relation, we first make up an ideal field distribution for dividing optical waves smoothly in the branching region. Next, we calculate the refractive index distribution corresponding to the ideal field. Finally, the imaginary part of the refractive index is set to be zero and its real part is discretized into three levels from the practical viewpoint. Numerical simulations show that the present design method offers extremely low-loss Y-branch waveguides     

Transient coupling reduction and design considerations inedge-coupled coplanar waveguide couplers

Edge-coupled coplanar waveguide (CPW) forward directional couplers are studied using an even/odd mode analysis. Specific height combinations of multilayer substrates are found which equalize the phase velocities of the even and odd modes. These modal velocity equalization points are seen to be relatively constant over a wide band of frequencies. Results of simulated pulse distortion are presented in a multilayer compensated structure showing a dramatic reduction in transient signal coupling and overall distortion. Design considerations for practical circuit designs are also discussed     

Study and design of step-index channel waveguide bends withlarge-angle and low-loss characteristics

By using micro-prisms, improved three-dimensional (3-D) bends of the embedded and buried waveguides of step-index profile are proposed. A simple phase compensation rule for the optimal design of the micro-prism is also presented. Through the simulation of 3-D semivectorial finite-difference beam propagation method, the transmission characteristics of the improved bends are shown to have been enhanced dramatically as compared with those of the conventional ones. Even for a bend angle of as large as 10°, the normalized transmitted power can still be greater than 95%. These results of 3-D bends are then compared with those of the two-dimensional (2-D) ones which are simplified from 3-D structures by the effective index method, and physical explanation of the discrepancy between the 3-D and 2-D results is introduced. The influences of waveguide structures and prism parameters on the transmission characteristics are discussed in detail. Some criteria for the design of large-angle low-loss 3-D improved bends are also accessed     

Apexes-linked circle gratings for low-loss waveguide bends

A low-loss waveguide bend with two apexes-linked circle gratings based on the concept of multiple phase compensation is designed. The apexes-linked circle gratings not only compensate the phase-difference in the bend corner, but also avoid distorting the eigenmode. Simulation results predict that the phase front of the modal field can be tilted correctly in the wide-angle waveguide bend. The transmitted power efficiency can be as high as 89% for bending angle up to 10°     

阵列波导光栅复用器优化设计的数值计算

阵列波导光栅(AWG)复用／解复用器的优化设计计算是集成光波导器件设计计算中的难点．文章应用AWG光信号传输特性和光栅方程，提出了AWG组成部分输入／输出波导、阵列波导、平板波导相关参数及阵列波导结构优化设计的数值计算方法，给出了具体的计算数值；该计算方法解决了AWG复用器优化设计计算的问题，为进一步建立AWG的计算机辅助设计提供了基础．     

新型S形光波导低弯曲损耗路径设计

为了降低光波导中的弯曲损耗,从理论上分析了光波导的弯曲损耗、过渡损耗产生的根源,并以此为依据推导出符合弯曲、过渡低损耗的5次,6次,7次,8次和9次幂函数表达式。由MATLAB和MAPLE工具软件计算可知,9次幂函数的图形曲线最圆滑,当取h=125μm,L=800μm(高分支比)时其弯曲损耗可以减小到4.57dB,与传统常用的余弦函数和反正弦函数进行比较,在相同条件下弯曲损耗有了明显的降低。结果表明,所设计的1×4光功分器优化路线,传输性能优良,分配均匀。这为以后Y分支光波导的制作有很好的指导意义。     

Computer aided design of inverted strip dielectric waveguide millimeter-wave couplers

A computer aided design technique has been developed for the design of a beam splitter coupler and a distributed type coupler using inverted strip dielectric waveguides. The optical beam principle has been used for the beam splitter coupler. Numerical results for these couplers at 80 GHZ with minimum directivity of 30 dB and VSWR of 1.15 have been presented.     

Reflective arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer

A high-performance reflective arrayed waveguide grating multiplexer/demultiplexer designed for compatibility with silicon integrated circuit processing is described. The grating, folded by a flat reflecting surface, can be printed in a single-exposure field of a photolithographic stepper. Advanced plasma assisted deposition is used to prepare waveguides with very low loss and minimum birefringence. Multiplexers with 40 channels separated by 100 GHz show intrinsic insertion losses of -2.4 dB, channel uniformity less than 0.6 dB, and very low polarization dependent wavelength shift of 0.012 nm.     

Improved directional couplers for overmoded waveguide systems

The performance of multihole directional couplers can be considerably improved by placing a second hole structure to the existing one. The improvement may be aimed at directivity or at suppression of certain unwanted modes propagating either in forward or backward direction.     

Novel mass-fabrication of fibre couplers using arrayed fibreribbons

To achieve high productivity and high density packaging of fibre couplers for practical systems, a novel mass-fabrication process using arrayed fibre ribbons has been developed. The fabricated arrayed-fibre coupler consists of four couplers which are all fabricated together from four-fibre ribbons. Each fibre coupler had 3 dB coupling ratio to within 49.3±2.1%. It has been confirmed that plural fibre couplers with equal coupling ratio can be simultaneously fabricated by the mass-fabrication process