Two types are available: integrated arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG), offering low cost, compact size, and precise ITU grid alignment; and discrete filter-based WDMs, providing greater flexibility to accommodate a wide range of wavelengths and fiber types. We produce fiber-coupled Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM) devices that combine (Mux) or separate (DeMux) multiple wavelength channels into or from a single optical fiber. The design and assembly of optical coupling between higher-order multimode beams and a. article introduces the principles, fabrica-tion techniques, and recent progress of pla-nar-type arrayed-waveguide-grating (AWG) multi/demultiplexers, which have been de-veloped for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based photonic networks. Two design approaches; conventional and tapered configuration of AWG was.
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