Power splitting ratio couplers based on MMI structures with high bandwidth and large tolerance using silicon waveguides

被引：2

作者：

Cao-Dung Truong ^{[1
]}

Trung-Thanh Le ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Hanoi Univ Sci & Technol, Hanoi, Vietnam

[2] Hanoi Univ Nat Resources & Environm, Hanoi, Vietnam

来源：

PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS | 2013年 / 11卷 / 03期

关键词：

All-optical processing; Integrated optics; Multimode interference (MMI) couplers; Silicon on insulator (SOI); CMOS technology; MULTIMODE-INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; RESONATOR; DESIGN; FILTER; GHZ;

D O I：

10.1016/j.photonics.2013.01.002

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

We show that it is possible to obtain 2 x 2 couplers based on multimode interference (MMI) structures with nineteen new power-splitting ratios by cascading three or four MMI couplers. The other aim of this study is to use silicon waveguides, that are compatible with the existing CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) fabrication technology, for designing the proposed devices. The proposed MMI couplers with new power splitting ratios have simple geometries and low losses. These MMI couplers can offer valuable new possibilities for designing MMI waveguide-based photonic integrated circuits such as all-optical interconnects, microring resonators, clock distribution, Mach Zehnder Interferometer based on MMI couplers and other all-optical processing applications. The transfer matrix method (TMM) and modified effective index method (MEIM) along with the support of the 3D Beam Propagation Method (3D BPM) are used to optimize the proposed devices. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：217 / 225

页数：9

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