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Journal of Microelectronics and Solid State Devices

Planar Light wave Circuits: Reviews and Applications

  1. Prabodh Dalai
  2. C.S. Mishra
  3. K.P. Swain
  4. Subhashree Choudhury
  5. Gopinath Palai
  6. S.K. Nayak

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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