Silicon arrayed waveguide gratings at 2.0-μm wavelength characterized with an on-chip resonator

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E. J. Stanton, N. Volet, and J. E. Bowers
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(a) Cross-section SEM of a single-mode Si waveguide. Micrographs (b) of an AWG and (c) of an AWG-ring.
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Optics Letters
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Vol. 43, No. 5, pages 1135-1138

Low-loss arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) are demonstrated at a 2.0-μm wavelength. These devices promote rapidly developing photonic applications, supported by the recent development of mid-infrared lasers integrated on silicon (Si). Multi-spectral photonic integrated circuits at 2.0-μm are envisioned since the AWGs are fabricated with the 500-nm-thick Si-on-insulator platform compatible with recently demonstrated lasers and semiconductor optical amplifiers on Si. Characterization with the AWGring method improves the on-chip transmission uncertainty to ∼6% compared to the conventional method with an uncertainty of ∼53%. Channel losses of ∼2.4 dBare found, with −31 dB crosstalk per channel. Fully integrated multispectral sources at 2.0 μm with pump lasers, low-loss multiplexers, and an output amplifier are now feasible.

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Silicon Photonics