Acronym · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Grating)
A planar wavelength multiplexer built from an array of waveguides of incrementally different length between two star couplers, so each wavelength focuses onto a different output port.
- Also known as
- Phasar, Phased-array grating
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- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Silicon photonics
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The workhorse (de)multiplexer of telecom PLC and silicon photonic transceivers since the late 1990s.
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