  We propose and experimentally demonstrate a fiber spectrum analyzer based on
a planar waveguide chip butt-coupled with an input fiber and aligned to a
standard camera without any free-space optical elements. The chip consists of a
single-mode waveguide to connect with the fiber, a beam broadening area, and a
waveguide array in which the lengths of the waveguides are designed for both
wavelength separation and beam focusing. The facet of the chip is diced open so
that the outputs of the array form a near-field emitter. The far field are
calculated by the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction integral. We show that the
chip can provide a focal depth on the millimeter scale, allowing relaxed
alignment to the camera without any fine-positioning stage. Two devices with
120 and 220 waveguides are fabricated on the polymer waveguide platform. The
measured spectral width are 0.63 nm and 0.42 nm, respectively. This simple and
practical approach may lead to the development of a spectrum analyzer for fiber
that is easily mountable to any commercial camera, thereby avoiding the
complication for customized detectors as well as electronic circuits
afterwards.

Optics;Applied Physics