Abstract
In this work, thermo-optic (TO) lateral shift apodized sampled waveguide grating for 1550 nm wavelength is designed and fabricated by the metal-printing technique based on fluorinated epoxy-terminated polycarbonates (FBPA-PC EP) and fluorinated epoxy resin (FSU-8) materials. The optical characteristics and thermal stability of the FBPA-PC EP and FSU-8 materials are analyzed. To realize periodic wide-spectrum filtering and suppress the side-lobes of grating, a lateral shift apodized sampled waveguide grating is proposed. The 3 dB bandwidth and wavelength spacing can reach 4.8 nm and 9.7 nm. The side-lobe suppression ratio of proposed device can reach 22.6 dB, which is much better than traditional Bragg grating (6.1 dB). Driving electrical powers of 42.4 mW and 87.2 mW can produce blueshifts of 1.8 nm and 3.5 nm in the measured reflection spectrum, respectively. This device realizes the aim of multiple functions, including periodic filtering, wide-spectrum filtering, and high side-lobe suppression. The device is applicable of realizing signal processing and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM )systems.
Highlights
In modern communication systems, optical communication is a communication method that carries information by light waves
The improvement of optical communication focuses on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology, miniaturization of devices, and lower optical transmission loss
A WDM system consisting of sampled gratings has a lower insertion loss, a smaller size, an easier fabrication process, and better dispersion compensation than arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) and ring resonators [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14]
Summary
Optical communication is a communication method that carries information by light waves It has the characteristics of large capacity, high speed and low loss [1,2,3,4,5]. The improvement of optical communication focuses on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology, miniaturization of devices, and lower optical transmission loss. A WDM system consisting of sampled gratings has a lower insertion loss, a smaller size, an easier fabrication process, and better dispersion compensation than arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) and ring resonators [6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14].
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