Aam. Staring et Mk. Smit, PHASED-ARRAY-BASED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED-CIRCUITS FOR WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING APPLICATIONS, IEICE transactions on electronics, E80C(5), 1997, pp. 646-653
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technology provides many option
s to the design of flexible all-optical networks. To exploit these opt
ions to their full potential, Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for
wavelength routing and switching will be indispensable. One of the bas
ic building blocks of such PICs is the planar phased-array (PHASAR) wa
velength demultiplexer. The monolithic integration of PHASARs with pho
todetectors, amplifiers, and other waveguide-based (passive) component
s is discussed.