An optical wavelength dispersion device includes a first substrate, an input unit formed on the first substrate having a slit for receiving an optical signal, a grating formed on the first substrate for producing a diffracted light beams from the optical signal, a first optical reflector formed on the first substrate for reflecting the diffracted light beams from the grating for outputting, and a second substrate covered on the top of the input unit and the grating, wherein the input unit, the grating and the first optical reflector are formed from a photo-resist layer by high energy light source exposure.

An optical phase diversity receiver may include: a diffraction grating including grating surfaces; a first input waveguide to which a first optical signal is inputted; a second input waveguide to which a second optical signal is inputted; and a slab waveguide including an input terminal optically coupled with the first and second input waveguides, and an output terminal provided at a position at which optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating reach the slab waveguide. Every determined number of grating surfaces are chirped in an identical manner. The slab waveguide is configured to guide the first and the second optical signals to the diffraction grating and guide the optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating to the output terminal. The grating surfaces are configured such that each of the optical signals reflected by the diffraction grating is divided into the predetermined number by optical power distribution.

An optical wavelength dispersion device includes a first substrate, an input unit formed on the first substrate having a slit for receiving an optical signal, a grating formed on the first substrate for producing a diffracted light beams from the optical signal, a first optical reflector formed on the first substrate for reflecting the diffracted light beams from the grating for outputting, and a second substrate covered on the top of the input unit and the grating, wherein the input unit, the grating and the first optical reflector are formed from a photo-resist layer by high energy light source exposure.

An optical device is provided for coupling an external optical signal into a plurality of on-chip photonic sub-circuits provided on a substrate. The optical device comprises: a planar waveguide layer on the substrate; a diverging grating coupler configured to couple the external optical signal to the planar waveguide layer and to thereby create an on-chip diverging optical beam in the planar waveguide layer; and a plurality of channel waveguides formed in the waveguide layer. Each channel waveguide of the plurality of channel waveguides comprises a waveguide transition structure having a waveguide aperture oriented towards the diverging grating coupler. For each channel waveguide of the plurality of channel waveguides the position and the width of the corresponding waveguide aperture and the angle and the shape of the waveguide transition structure are individually selected to capture a predetermined portion of the on-chip diverging optical beam.

An integrated grating element system includes a first transparent layer formed on an optoelectronic substrate layer which includes at least two optoelectronic components, a first grating layer disposed on the first transparent layer which includes at least two sub-wavelength grating elements formed therein aligned with active regions of the optoelectronic components, and a second grating layer placed at a distance from the first grating layer such that light propagates between a diffraction grating element formed within the second grating layer and the at least two sub-wavelength grating elements.

An interlocked NN wavelength selective switch (WSS) that includes an Express In port, an Express Out port, a passive optical system, an array of switching elements, and N pairs of add and drop ports. In each pair, the add port and the corresponding drop port are arranged relative to the Express In port and the Express Out port such that signals can be simultaneously reflected, by the same switching element via the passive optical system, both from the add port to the Express Out port and from the Express In port to the corresponding drop port, enabling the interlocked NN WSS to simultaneously add and drop signals in the same wavelength band without the need for two twin 1N WSSs or an active element (e.g., an N-element MEMS switch array) between the switching array and the ports.