A new method to realize configurable OADM by using Bragg waveguide grating

Our configurable optical add/drop multiplexers (OADM) are based on thermally tunable silicon-on-insulator(SOI) Bragg gratings. We have simulated the whole device and get ideal performance. We also tried experiments to explore the process of grating waveguide and got useful results.

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