Abstract
Driven by the demand to extend optical fiber communications wavelengths beyond the C + L band, the 2 µm wave band has proven to be a promising candidate. Extensive efforts have been directed into developing high-performance and functional photonic devices. Here we report an integrated silicon photonic arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) fabricated in a commercial foundry. The device has 64 channels with a spacing of approximately 50 GHz (0.7 nm), covering the bandwidth from 1967 nm to 2012 nm. The on-chip insertion loss of the AWG is measured to be approximately 5 dB. By implementing a TiN metal layer, the AWG spectrum can be thermally tuned with an efficiency of 0.27 GHz/mW. The device has a very compact configuration with a footprint of 2.3 mm × 2 mm. The demonstrated AWG can potentially be used for dense wavelength division multiplexing in the 2 µm spectral band.
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