Low-Loss Silicon Photonic 16 &#x00D7; 16 Cyclic AWGR Based on SOI Platform

Rui Huang; Haiyang Huang; Yingxuan Zhao; Yang Li; XiaoJuan She; Han Liao; Junbo Zhu; Zijian Zhu; Xiang Liu; Hongbao Liu; Zhen Sheng; Fuwan Gan

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3180106

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2022)

Low-Loss Silicon Photonic 16 × 16 Cyclic AWGR Based on SOI Platform

Rui Huang,
Haiyang Huang,
Yingxuan Zhao,
Yang Li,
XiaoJuan She,
Han Liao,
Junbo Zhu,
Zijian Zhu,
Xiang Liu,
Hongbao Liu,
Zhen Sheng,
Fuwan Gan

Affiliations

Rui Huang: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Haiyang Huang: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Yingxuan Zhao: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Yang Li: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
XiaoJuan She: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Han Liao: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Junbo Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Zijian Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Xiang Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Hongbao Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Zhen Sheng: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Fuwan Gan: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3180106
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 1 – 7

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We experimentally demonstrate a low-loss and low-crosstalk 16-channel 200 GHz-channel-spacing arrayed waveguide grating router (AWGR) with a size of 0.67 × 0.37 mm2, targeting for C-band wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) interconnect routing applications. As a result, the AWGR features a channel spacing of 200±10 GHz, a free spectral range of 25.62 nm and a 3 dB channel bandwidth of 0.9 nm. Based on comprehensive optimal design, the measured characterization revealed 5.55 dB maximum channel loss non-uniformity with 1.13 dB best-case channel insertion loss. Besides, the fabricated device exhibits good cyclic-frequency operation for all 16 × 16 port combinations with channel crosstalk of –15.11 dB.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
Website: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4563994

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