@article{SeyringerSerecunovaGasoetal.2023, author = {Dana Seyringer and Stanislava Serecunova and Peter Gaso and Dusan Pudis and Heinz Seyringer and Frantisek Uherek and Fadi Dohnal and Johann Zehetner}, title = {Design of 16-channel, 100-GHz multimode polymer-based AWG}, series = {Applied Physics of Condensed Matter (APCOM 2022), 22–24 June 2022, Štrbsk{\´e} Pleso, Slovak Republic}, volume = {2778}, number = {1}, publisher = {AIP Publishing}, address = {Melville, NY}, isbn = {978-0-7354-4479-9}, doi = {10.1063/5.0136128}, pages = {030010-1 -- 030010-5}, year = {2023}, abstract = {We present design of planar 16-channel, 100-GHz multi-mode polymer-based AWG. This AWG was designed for central wavelength of 1550 nm applying AWG-Parameters tool. The AWG structure was created and simulated in the commercial photonic tool PHASAR from Optiwave. Achieved transmission characteristics were evaluated by AWG-Analyzer tool. For the design, multi-mode waveguides having a cross-section of (4x4) µm2 were used. The simulated results show strong worsening of the transmission characteristics in comparison when using single-mode waveguides. Nevertheless, the transmitting channels are clearly separated. The reason for using thicker multi-mode waveguides in the design is possibility to fabricate the AWG structure on polymer basis using direct laser writing lithography.}, language = {en} }