Compact four-channel reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer using silicon photonic wire

We designed and fabricated a four-channel reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer based on silicon photonic wire waveguide, which is controlled through the thermo-optic effect. The effective footprint of the device is about 1000 × 500 μm 2. The minimum insertion loss including the transmission l...

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Published in:Optics communications 2009-09, Vol.282 (17), p.3477-3480
Main Authors: Geng, Minming, Jia, Lianxi, Zhang, Lei, Yang, Lin, Chen, Ping, Liu, Yuliang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Micro-ring resonator
Optical elements, devices, and systems
Optical waveguides and coupleurs
Optics
Physics
Reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM)
Silicon photonic wire waveguides
Silicon-on-insulator
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Summary:We designed and fabricated a four-channel reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer based on silicon photonic wire waveguide, which is controlled through the thermo-optic effect. The effective footprint of the device is about 1000 × 500 μm 2. The minimum insertion loss including the transmission loss and coupling loss is about 10.7 dB. The tuning bandwidth is about 17 nm, the average tuning efficiency about 6.11 mW/nm and the tuning speed about 24.5 kHz.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/j.optcom.2009.06.009