Effect of bending on characteristics of a polymer microring resonant wavelength multiplexer

Novel formulas of transfer functions are presented, some parameters are optimized, and bending effect of microrings on characteristics is analyzed for a polymer microring resonant wavelength multiplexer (MRRWM) around the central resonant wavelength of 1.55 μm with the wavelength spacing of 1.6 nm and with eight vertical output channels. Simulated results show that the bending of microrings causes the variation of the propagation constant, leads to the shift of the transmission spectrum, and increases the insertion loss. A method is proposed for eliminating the shift of the transmission spectrum and realizing the accurate demultiplexing of the device. The polymer MRRWM designed possesses the 3-dB bandwidth of 0.2 μm, insertion loss less than 0.57 dB, and crosstalk below −20 dB for every vertical output channel.