Arrayed Waveguide Gratings

Author(s): Dana Seyringer

Published: 2016

PDF ISBN: 9781510603592

DESCRIPTION

This Spotlight provides an overview of the life cycle of arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs), from design and simulation to evaluation and technological verification. The book describes the AWG design procedure by applying a new software tool. It discusses the appropriateness of different commercially available photonics tools, and their advantages and disadvantages. To solve the problems posed by evaluation, 19 transmission parameters are defined. The book demonstrates that there is very good agreement between designed and simulated/measured transmission parameters. Finally, the book describes AWG designs with excellent optical demultiplexing properties.