C-Band AWG Splitter Design
Budget: $3,000 – $5,000 USD
I’m looking for a complete, fabrication-ready design of an arrayed waveguide grating specifically tuned for wavelength splitting in the C-band (1530–1565 nm) for a telecom application.
Scope and expectations
• Optical architecture: determine optimal free-spectral range and channel spacing, targeting low insertion loss (< 3 dB) and crosstalk better than −25 dB.
• Simulation & optimisation: provide full-wave simulations (e.g., FDTD, BeamPROP, or equivalent) and sweep key parameters until targets are met.
• Layout deliverables: hand over a clean, foundry-compatible GDSII mask plus layer map and design rule check report.
• Documentation: include a concise design report with theory, simulation plots, expected performance curves, and recommended fabrication tolerances.
• Handoff support: be available for one iteration after I review the results to address minor tweaks before tape-out.
I’m comfortable with common silicon photonics platforms (220 nm SOI preferred, but I’m open to your suggestion if it improves performance). Experience in arrayed waveguide grating design, photonic simulation tools, and telecom-grade component specs is essential.
Scope and expectations
• Optical architecture: determine optimal free-spectral range and channel spacing, targeting low insertion loss (< 3 dB) and crosstalk better than −25 dB.
• Simulation & optimisation: provide full-wave simulations (e.g., FDTD, BeamPROP, or equivalent) and sweep key parameters until targets are met.
• Layout deliverables: hand over a clean, foundry-compatible GDSII mask plus layer map and design rule check report.
• Documentation: include a concise design report with theory, simulation plots, expected performance curves, and recommended fabrication tolerances.
• Handoff support: be available for one iteration after I review the results to address minor tweaks before tape-out.
I’m comfortable with common silicon photonics platforms (220 nm SOI preferred, but I’m open to your suggestion if it improves performance). Experience in arrayed waveguide grating design, photonic simulation tools, and telecom-grade component specs is essential.