Integrated band demultiplexer using waveguide grating routers

We present a novel band demultiplexer design for planar lightwave circuits. It consists of two perfectly sampled waveguide grating routers connected by sets of equal-path-length waveguides separated on one side. Its advantages are compactness, sharp passband corners, and a lack of chromatic dispersion.

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