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We experimentally demonstrate a compact Fourier Transform on-chip spectrometer based on spatially heterodyned array of Michelson interferometers (MIs) in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. We demonstrate that with the same progressive geometric path length difference between the spatially heterodyned arrayed interferometer arms, MIs double the optical phase delays and thus double the wavelength resolution (δλ=0.8nm) compared to Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) (δλ=1.6nm). Our proof-of-concept device demonstrates one method to address the bandwidth-resolution tradeoff inherent in on-chip FTIRs, which gains in significance for optical sensing applications requiring single digit picometers resolution in compact on-chip form factors.
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