AU - Rashidi, Arman AU - Zarifkar, Abbas AU - Sheikhi, Mohammad Hossein TI - Design and Simulation of a 16-Channnel AWG Multiplexer with a Flat Frequency Response PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - opsi JN - opsi VO - 20 VI - 0 IP - 0 4099 - http://opsi.ir/article-1-52-en.html 4100 - http://opsi.ir/article-1-52-en.pdf SO - opsi 0 AB  - In this paper a new design for a 16×1 arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with a flat spectral response is presented which is suitable for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. We designed a 16 channel silicon-based device with center wavelength of 1550 nm and 1.6 nm channel spacing. In our new design the insertion loss for the side channels decreases drastically up to 6 dB. Also, the maximum insertion loss difference between channels decreases from 8 to 2 dB and the spectral response of the device is flattened. CP - IRAN IN - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shiraz University LG - eng PB - opsi PG - 41 PT - Research YR - 2014