TY - JOUR JF - opsi JO - ICOP & ICPET _ INPC _ ICOFS VL - 20 IS - 0 PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/1/01 TI - Design and Simulation of a 16-Channnel AWG Multiplexer with a Flat Frequency Response TT - Design and Simulation of a 16-Channnel AWG Multiplexer with a Flat Frequency Response N2 - 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. SP - 41 EP - 44 AU - Rashidi, Arman AU - Zarifkar, Abbas AU - Sheikhi, Mohammad Hossein AD - Shiraz University KW - arrayed waveguide grating KW - flat spectral response KW - insertion loss KW - wavelength division multiplexing UR - http://opsi.ir/article-1-52-fa.html ER -