WO2004061496A1 - アレイ導波路格子型光合分波回路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer / demultiplexer used for an optical wavelength division multiplexing communication system.
- the transmitter multiplexes optical signals of multiple wavelengths and the receiver splits multiple optical signals in one optical fiber to different ports.
- Array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuits are widely used as wavelength multiplexing / demultiplexing circuits.
- FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a conventional arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit.
- the conventional arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit includes an input waveguide 1, a first slab waveguide 2 connected to the input waveguide 1, and a first slab waveguide.
- An array waveguide 3 composed of a plurality of optical waveguides connected to the waveguide 2 and sequentially elongated by a predetermined waveguide length difference, a second slab waveguide 4 connected to the array waveguide 3, and a second slab And a plurality of output waveguides 5 connected to the waveguide 4 (for example, see K. Okamoto, Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides, Academic Press, pp. 346-381, 2000).
- These are configured using an optical waveguide composed of a core having a high refractive index and a cladding around the core formed on a flat substrate 10.
- the conventional arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit shown in FI G The light guided to the path 1 spreads in the first slab waveguide 2 and is branched to each optical waveguide of the array waveguide 3. Then, the light is multiplexed again by the second slab waveguide 4 and guided to the output waveguide 5. At this time, the optical field pattern projected on the end of the first slab waveguide 2 on the side of the array waveguide 3 is basically copied to the end of the second slab waveguide 4 on the side of the array waveguide 3. Will be.
- the adjacent optical waveguides are provided so that only the optical waveguides have different optical path lengths, so that the optical field has an inclination depending on the wavelength of the input light. Due to this inclination, the position where the optical field focuses on the output waveguide 5 side of the second slab waveguide 4 is changed for each wavelength, and as a result, wavelength demultiplexing becomes possible.
- the light of different wavelengths is multiplexed and emitted from the input waveguide 1 due to the reciprocity of light'.ong.
- Such an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit is becoming an indispensable optical component in an optical multiplex communication system in which a single optical fiber transmits a plurality of signals having different wavelengths.
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are configuration diagrams of a conventional passband-magnified arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit. .
- the conventional passband-expanded arrayed-waveguide grating-type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit is the same as the input waveguide 1 of the conventional arrayed-waveguide grating-type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit shown in FIG.
- a parabolic parabolic waveguide 6 is provided between the first slab waveguides 2 Configuration. This parabolic waveguide 6 has the coefficient A, W as shown in FIG. 9B. The width of the input waveguide 1, Z.
- Is the length of the parabolic waveguide 6 from the first slab waveguide 2, and the width W of the input optical waveguide 1 in contact with the first slab waveguide 2 is given by the following formula with respect to the propagation axis Z of the light wave. It is specified by.
- FI G. 1 OA is a three-dimensional distribution diagram of the optical field in the parabolic waveguide 6 shown in FIG. 9 B
- FI G. 10 B is the end of the parabolic waveguide 6, that is, FIG. 6 is a two-dimensional distribution diagram of an optical field in the width direction (X direction) of the parabolic waveguide 6 at the boundary between the parapolar waveguide 6 and the first slab waveguide 2.
- the right part of the position) forms a light field distribution with two peaks.
- the distribution of the optical field at the boundary where the parabolic waveguide 6 contacts the slab waveguide 2 has a double peak as shown in FIG. 10B. Therefore, at the end of the second slab waveguide 4 on the side of the output waveguide 5, the optical field having the bull peak is reproduced and coupled with the output waveguide 5, so that the transmission wavelength band is expanded. Can be realized.
- Fig. 11 shows a graph of chromatic dispersion and loss with respect to the wavelength of light in a conventional passband-magnified arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit.
- the chromatic dispersion with respect to the wavelength of light has a large chromatic dispersion value at the center wavelength, and Assuming that this is the maximum chromatic dispersion value, it can be seen that there is a large change in the wavelengths before and after that.
- Such chromatic dispersion characteristics give different delay times to the optical signal spectrum components within one channel, causing a problem that the optical signal (pulse) is significantly deteriorated.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit with reduced chromatic dispersion. Disclosure of the invention
- An array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems is configured using an optical waveguide composed of a core having a high refractive index on a planar substrate and a cladding around the core, and a plurality of first optical waveguides.
- An array waveguide including a waveguide, a first slab waveguide connected to the first optical waveguide, and a plurality of optical waveguides connected to the first slab waveguide and sequentially elongated by a predetermined waveguide length difference.
- a first slab waveguide comprising: a waveguide, a second slab waveguide connected to the array waveguide, and a plurality of second optical waveguides connected to the second slab waveguide.
- the width W of the first optical waveguide in contact with is a coefficient A
- Wo is the width of the first optical waveguide, Z with respect to the propagation axis Z of the light wave. Is the length from the first slab waveguide,
- the width W ′ of the second optical waveguide that is in contact with the second slab waveguide is A, where W is a coefficient with respect to the propagation axis Z of the light wave. 'Is the width of the second optical waveguide, ⁇ . ′ Is the length from the second slab waveguide,
- the ratio of the amplitude absolute value of the main peak and the first side peak of the far-field electric field distribution of the parabolic waveguide is limited to 0.217.
- Parabolic waveguide length Z a set to.
- the parabolic waveguide length Z p which is set so that the relative phase between the main peak and the first side peak of the lower limit is 3.14 radians.
- Parapolar waveguide length Z within the range defined by. That you set
- an array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is characterized in that the optical waveguide is formed of a silica glass optical waveguide on a silicon flat substrate.
- FIG.1 is a graph showing the amplitude and phase of a general sinc function.
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the far-field amplitude and phase of a parabolic waveguide.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the amplitude and phase of the first side peak relative to the main peak and the variable ⁇ indicating the structure of the parabolic waveguide.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing a relationship between chromatic dispersion and a variable ⁇ ⁇ indicating the structure of the parabolic waveguide.
- FIG. 5 5 is a configuration diagram of an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit showing an example of an embodiment according to the present invention, and is an overall view thereof.
- FIG. 5B is a configuration diagram of an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit showing an example of an embodiment according to the present invention, and is a configuration diagram of a parabolic waveguide.
- FIG. 5C is a configuration diagram of an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit showing an example of an embodiment according to the present invention, and is a configuration diagram of a tapered waveguide.
- FIGS. 6A to 6E are diagrams showing the steps of manufacturing the arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit according to the present invention.
- FI G. 7 A is a para-port of the arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit according to the present invention.
- La waveguide length Z. 6 is a graph showing a relationship between the wavelength dispersion and the wavelength dispersion.
- FIG.7B is a graph showing the chromatic dispersion characteristics and the loss of the arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit according to the present invention.
- FIG.8 is a configuration diagram of a conventional arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit.
- FIG.9A is a block diagram of a conventional passband expansion array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit, and is an overall view thereof.
- FIG.9B is a configuration diagram of a conventional pass-band expanded array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit, and is a configuration diagram of a parabolic waveguide.
- FIG.1OA and FIG.10B are optical field distribution diagrams of a parabolic waveguide.
- FIG.11 is a graph showing the wavelength dispersion characteristics and the loss of the conventional passband expansion array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit.
- An arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit has a flat transmission band passband and, in order to achieve low chromatic dispersion, a parabolic waveguide, and furthermore, a parabolic waveguide in the far field. It is desirable that the electric field distribution be rectangular with the same phase. It is known that the amplitude of the far-field electric field distribution of the parabolic waveguide in this case is a sinc function.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a mathematical expression of a general sinc function below, and showing a graph of amplitude and phase serving as a sinc function.
- variable ⁇ is the angle (r ad.) Normalized by ⁇ .
- the amplitude of the sink function has a distribution with a main peak at the center and a plurality of small peaks symmetrically on both sides.
- the electric field distribution in the far field of an actual parabolic waveguide is shown in the graph in Fig.2.
- the far-field electric field amplitude of the parabolic waveguide is similar to the sinc function, with two side peaks (first side peak) on both sides of the main peak Distribution.
- the amplitude indicates an absolute value
- the angle 0 indicates that the traveling direction (optical axis) of the light wave incident on the parabolic waveguide is 0.
- the amplitude and phase of the first side peak can be considered as an approximate measure of the sinc function. That is, in the present invention, in the arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit, by defining the electric field distribution in the far field of the parabolic waveguide as an approximate scale with the sinc function, the electric field distribution is made into a rectangular electric field distribution with the same phase, This achieves flat transmission characteristics and low wavelength dispersion.
- Fig. 3 shows the amplitude of the main peak, the ratio of the amplitude of the first side peak to the phase, and the relative phase in the far-field electric field distribution of the parabolic waveguide as an approximate measure of the sinc function.
- the near-field image of the parabolic waveguide obtained using the beam propagation method was calculated by Fourier transform. This is because the amplitude of the first side peak when the amplitude of the main peak is 1 is defined as the amplitude ratio, and the difference between the phase of the first side peak and the phase of the main peak is defined as the relative phase.
- Z of the parabolic waveguide. The value of depends on the transmission characteristics such as the passband and the value of A in FIG. 9B.
- the amplitude ratio of the sinc function is 0.217 and the relative phase is 3.14.
- both the amplitude ratio and the relative phase tend to decrease as the value of ⁇ ⁇ increases from FIG.3.
- the wavelength in an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit with a parabolic waveguide whose structure is specified by The dispersion characteristics are shown in Fig. 4. This also means that for the wavelength that gives the largest chromatic dispersion in the channel (for example, the wavelength near 1550 nm in FIG. 11), the chromatic dispersion of the parabolic waveguide structure to the variable ⁇ It shows the dependency.
- the array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit has a channel spacing of 50 GHz.
- the chromatic dispersion becomes zero. This value is between 1.5 and 1.8, and as described on page 7, the existence of the best design point can be confirmed.
- the parameter ⁇ ⁇ that indicates the structure of the parabolic waveguide
- the far-field electric field distribution of the parabolic waveguide is properly defined, and as a result, the chromatic dispersion value is reduced.
- the variable ⁇ I the optimal value for reducing chromatic dispersion. Therefore, the conventional parabola waveguide has It is possible to simultaneously realize the broadband characteristics of the transmission wavelength and the low chromatic dispersion characteristics that were not realized simultaneously in the past.
- chromatic dispersion is derived from the second derivative of the phase angle of the transfer function.
- variable ⁇ the procedure for deriving the chromatic dispersion can be omitted, so that a guideline for appropriately determining the length of the parabolic waveguide can be given, and the design time in optical circuit manufacturing can be reduced. It can be significantly reduced.
- FIG. 5G shows a configuration diagram of an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit which is an example of an embodiment according to the present invention that achieves the above effects, and will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
- the array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit according to the present invention shown in FIG. 5A may have substantially the same configuration as the conventional array waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit shown in FIG. That is, an input waveguide 1 serving as a first optical waveguide, a first slab waveguide 2 connected to the input waveguide 1, and a predetermined waveguide length difference connected to the first slab waveguide 2. , A second slab waveguide 4 connected to the array waveguide 3, and a second optical waveguide connected to the second slab waveguide 4. And an output waveguide 5 serving as a waveguide. These are configured using an optical waveguide formed on a flat substrate 10 and having a high refractive index core and a cladding around the core.
- the input waveguide 1 may be plural.
- a parabolic parabolic waveguide 6 is provided between the input waveguide 1 and the first slab waveguide 2.
- the parabolic waveguide 6 may be the same as that shown in FIG. 9B, where A is a coefficient and W is a coefficient.
- the width of the input waveguide 1, Z. Is the length of the parabolic waveguide 6 from the first slab waveguide 2, and the width W of the input optical waveguide 1 in contact with the first slab waveguide 2 is given by the following equation with respect to the propagation axis Z of the light wave. (See Fig. 5B). 2003/017065 1 10 1
- the structure of the parabolic waveguide defined by the above equation (1) is set to be a variable ⁇ with small chromatic dispersion from the graphs shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
- the ratio of the amplitude absolute value of the main-peak and the first-side peak of the far-field electric field distribution of the parabolic waveguide is up to 0.217, Z a ,.
- the relative phase between the main peak and the first side peak of the far-field electric field distribution is Z p , with a lower limit of 3.14 radians.
- a tapered tapered waveguide 7 is further provided between the second slab waveguide 4 and the output waveguide 5.
- This tapered waveguide 7 has a coefficient of A ′, W. , And the width of the output waveguide 5, Z. Is the length of the tapered waveguide 7 from the second slab waveguide 4, the width W ′ of the output optical waveguide 5 in contact with the second slab waveguide 4 is given by It is defined by a number and a formula (FI G. 5 C).
- the glass is made transparent at a high temperature of 1000 ° C. or more, so that the lower clad glass sheet 12 becomes the lower clad glass layer 14 and the core glass soot 13 becomes the core glass 15.
- the lower clad glass soot 12 and core glass soot 13 are deposited so that the lower clad glass layer 14 is 30 xm thick and the core glass 15 is 7 m thick (FI G.6 B). .
- an etching mask 16 is formed on the core glass 15 using a photolithography technique (FIG. 6C), and the core glass 15 is patterned by reactive ion etching (FIG. 6D).
- an optical waveguide having a shape as shown in FIG. 5 is formed.
- the upper clad glass 17 is formed again by the flame deposition method.
- the above optical circuit is an example of an embodiment according to the present invention, which shows an arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit in which the optical waveguide is constituted by a silica glass optical waveguide on a silicon flat substrate.
- the flat substrate the material polyimide of the optical waveguide, silicone emission, semiconductor, but the present invention and the like L i NbO s is applicable.
- the flat substrate the flat substrate
- the chromatic dispersion of an arrayed-waveguide grating-type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit designed with a parabolic waveguide length in the range of 250 to 600 im was measured.
- the parabolic waveguide length Z Q 250 ⁇ m based on the conventional design was used as a reference.
- F IG. 7 A is parabolic waveguide length Z.
- ⁇ 1.6, ie, Z.
- a low chromatic dispersion characteristic of 15 psZnm or less is realized, and the wavelength dispersion with respect to the wavelength is 3 dB.
- Substantially flattening was possible within the band.
- This chromatic dispersion is greatly reduced to about 1-4 (about 26%) compared to the dispersion value of 58 ps / nm by the conventional design shown in FIG.4.
- the present invention can extend the passband of the transmission wavelength of the arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexing / demultiplexing circuit, reduce the chromatic dispersion that could not be achieved at the same time in the past, and realize the wavelength to wavelength. Variations in dispersion can be substantially flattened. Furthermore, by giving design guidelines for parabolic waveguides, which were not clear in the prior art, design efficiency can be improved.
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