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Optimizing resolution in an integrated blazed chirped Bragg grating spectrometer

Optimizing resolution in an integrated blazed chirped Bragg grating spectrometer
Optimizing resolution in an integrated blazed chirped Bragg grating spectrometer
We present an investigation into the resolution of blazed chirped Bragg grating spectrometers. These are dispersive spectrometers that diffract light out of a waveguide at a wavelength dependent angle, whilst focusing the light. The spectral resolution is found to be inversely proportional to grating length; previously used fabrication schemes limited the grating length (and hence resolution) when creating compact devices. We propose and implement a solution to this problem by varying the blaze angle of a Bragg grating along its length. Initial results show the fabrication of longer gratings (while preserving focal length) and an increase in FWHM resolution from 0.57 nm to 0.52 nm. This increase in resolution is thought to be limited by the appearance of aberrations which can be corrected for in future devices.
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Field, James W.
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Field, James W.
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Berry, Sam A.
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Gawith, Corin B. E.
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Smith, Peter G. R.
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Gates, James C.
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Field, James W., Berry, Sam A., Bannerman, Rex H. S., Gawith, Corin B. E., Smith, Peter G. R., Gates, James C., García-blanco, Sonia M. and Cheben, Pavel (2020) Optimizing resolution in an integrated blazed chirped Bragg grating spectrometer. Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXIV, San Francisco, United States. 01 - 06 Feb 2020. p. 50 . (doi:10.1117/12.2546195).

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Abstract

We present an investigation into the resolution of blazed chirped Bragg grating spectrometers. These are dispersive spectrometers that diffract light out of a waveguide at a wavelength dependent angle, whilst focusing the light. The spectral resolution is found to be inversely proportional to grating length; previously used fabrication schemes limited the grating length (and hence resolution) when creating compact devices. We propose and implement a solution to this problem by varying the blaze angle of a Bragg grating along its length. Initial results show the fabrication of longer gratings (while preserving focal length) and an increase in FWHM resolution from 0.57 nm to 0.52 nm. This increase in resolution is thought to be limited by the appearance of aberrations which can be corrected for in future devices.

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Published date: 25 February 2020
Venue - Dates: Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXIV, San Francisco, United States, 2020-02-01 - 2020-02-06

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Local EPrints ID: 468089
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/468089
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ORCID for Sam A. Berry: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9538-8655
ORCID for Corin B. E. Gawith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3502-3558
ORCID for Peter G. R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X
ORCID for James C. Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987

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Author: James W. Field
Author: Sam A. Berry ORCID iD
Author: Rex H. S. Bannerman
Author: Corin B. E. Gawith ORCID iD
Author: Peter G. R. Smith ORCID iD
Author: James C. Gates ORCID iD
Author: Sonia M. García-blanco
Author: Pavel Cheben

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