Abstract
We developed a new optical element which integrates an off-axis diffractive grating and an on-axis refractive lens surface in a prism. With this optical element, the alignment tolerance can be improved by manufacturing technology of the grating based WDM device and is practicable for mass production. An 100-GHz 16-channel DWDM device which includes this optical element has been designed. Ray tracing and beam propagation method (BPM) simulations showed good performance on the insertion loss of 2.91±0.53dB and the adjacent cross talk of 58.02dB. The tolerance discussion for this DWDM device shows that this optical element could be practically achieved by either injection molding or the hot embossing method.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 587704 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 5877 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Event | Optomechanics 2005 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 3 Aug 2005 → 4 Aug 2005 |
Keywords
- Grating
- Grism
- WDM