简介:Theoperationprincipleofanarrayedwaveguidegrating(AWG)multiplexerisintroducedandthe4×4AWGwithfollowingdesignparametersisdiscussedindetail,suchasthechoiceofwavelength,theneighboringarrayedwaveguidedistanceΔL,thechannelfrequencyintervalΔf,andthefreespectralrange.Thestructureof4×4AWGisdesignedandtheresultofstimulatedtestisalsogiven.Analysisshowsthatthe4×4AWGischaracterizedbyawidedynamicrange,lowcrosstalk,betterspectrumproperties,andacompactstructure.