Abstract
In this Letter, we demonstrate a 1×4 low-crosstalk silicon photonics
cascaded arrayed waveguide grating, which is fabricated on a
silicon-on-insulator wafer with a 220-nm-thick top silicon layer and a 2 μm
buried oxide layer. The measured on-chip transmission loss of this cascaded
arrayed waveguide grating is ∼4.0 dB, and the fiber-to-waveguide coupling loss
is 1.8 dB/facet. The measured channel spacing is 6.4 nm. The adjacent
crosstalk by characterization is very low, only −33.2 dB. Compared to the
normal single silicon photonics arrayed waveguide grating with a crosstalk of
∼−12.5 dB, the crosstalk of more than 20 dB is dramatically improved in this
cascaded device.
© 2017 Chinese Laser Press
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