Integrated photonic component and method of designing the same
US9354389B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/29395
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An integrated photonic component (100) for polarization insensitive wavelength multiplexing includes an arrayed waveguide grating, AWG, (1) having a predetermined polarization splitting and a MZI-based polarization beam splitter (8) that is configured to compensate the predetermined polarization splitting of the AWG (1). The result is a fabrication tolerant integrated photonic component (100) that is operable over a wide number of limited bandwidth wavelength channels of a wavelength division multiplexing, WDM, system. A photonic integrated circuit, PIC, (200) for use in a WDM system is provided. The PIC (200) includes the integrated photonic component (100). A method of designing the integrated photonic component (100) is also described.
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