A grating spectrometer integrated monolithically in the InGaAsP system
with a photodiode array for a dense WDM system is presented for the 1
.5 mum wavelength region. The chip provides more than 30 wavelength ch
annels with a spacing of 4 nm, a channel crosstalk of approximately -
15 dB, an internal photodiode efficiency of 90% and a photodiode capac
itance of 0.33 pF. The chip needs no optical adjustments. It is theref
ore well suited to mass production.