Planar Light wave Circuits: Reviews and Applications

Authors

  • Prabodh Dalai Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement (GITA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • C.S. Mishra Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement (GITA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • K.P. Swain Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement (GITA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Subhashree Choudhury Student, Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar,Odisha, India
  • Gopinath Palai Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement (GITA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • S.K. Nayak Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement (GITA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Keywords:

PLC (Planar Light waved circuit), SOI(silica on interface), optical-to-electric-to-optical (OEO), 2D, Waveguide

Abstract

PLCs are waveguide devices that integrate fiber-matched optical waveguides on a silicon or glass substrate to provide an efficient means of interaction for guided-wave optical signals. PLCs are used in optical wavelength-division multiplexing, time-division multiplexing systems, and subscriber networks. This study examines recent advancements in PLC technologies such as arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexers, optical add-drop multiplexers, and hybrid optoelectronics integration technologies, as well as their future possibilities. Silicon photonics has lately gained a lot of attention for low-cost applications in the field of optoelectronics, and it's just getting more intriguing with the release of photonic devices. There is also a novel method for reducing the size of silicon devices in order to increase packing density and the performance of silicon photonic circuits.

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Published

2022-05-05

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Review Articles