Mode-insensitive 3-dB power splitter based on multimode-interference coupler

被引:8
作者
Sun, Shijie [1 ]
Che, Yuanhua [1 ]
Zhu, Mu [1 ]
Lian, Tianhang [1 ]
Sun, Xueqing [1 ]
Wang, Xibin [1 ]
Huang, Quandong [2 ,3 ]
Zhang, Daming [1 ]
机构
[1] Jilin Univ, Coll Elect Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Integrated Optoelect, Changchun, Peoples R China
[2] Guangdong Univ Technol, Inst Adv Photon Technol, Sch Informat Engn, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
[3] Guangdong Univ Technol, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Informat Photon Technol, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Polymer waveguide; Mode; -insensitive; Power splitter; Multimode interferometer coupler; DIRECTIONAL-COUPLERS; SWITCH; PRINCIPLES; DEVICES;
D O I
10.1016/j.optlastec.2022.109017
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We proposed a broadband 3-dB power splitter based on multimode-interference coupler formed by polymer waveguide, which is insensitive to the arbitrary input modes, and demonstrated the operation functions of the design in the experiment. The design shows a mode-insensitive 3-dB power splitting for the E11, E21 and E12 modes with an imbalance power less than 0.11, 0.13 and 0.03 dB, respectively, over a 100 nm bandwidth that ranges from 1520 to 1620 nm. Our presented mode-insensitive 3-dB power splitter could find applications in mode (de)multiplexing systems where ultra-broadband power splitting is required.
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