A simple miniature optical spectrometer with a planar waveguide grating coupler in combination with a plano-convex lens

A miniature optical spectrometer with a thin-film planar waveguide grating coupler in combination with a miniature plano-convex focusing lens has been investigated. With optical part of the spectrometer as small as 0.2 cubic cm, the spectral resolution varies from 0.3 nm to 4.6 nm within the wavelength range 488.0 nm - 632.8 nm. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.