Design and optimization of a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) for optical modulators

Author

Razak, Hanim Abdul ; Haroon, Hazura ; Menon, P. Susthitha ; Shaari, Sahbudin ; Arsad, Norhana

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electron. & Comput. Eng. (FKEKK), Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Durian Tungal, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

27-29 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

301

Lastpage

304

Abstract

This paper presents an investigation of the most influential parameters in designing a Mach Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) on Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) using Taguchi method. The symmetric Y-junction is employed in designing the MZI. Meanwhile, parameters affecting the design of a MZI such as the area of the waveguide, offset in X direction (lx), offset in Z direction (lz) and the arm length were considered and varied for optimization purposes. Design and optimization of passive MZI structure is crucial prior to implementation of active devices.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Taguchi methods; optical modulation; optimisation; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder Interferometer; Si; Taguchi method; X direction; Z direction; arm length; design; optical modulators; optimization; silicon-on-insulator; symmetric Y-junction; waveguide; Biomedical optical imaging; Erbium; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Optimization; Performance evaluation; Signal to noise ratio; MZI; Opti BPM; SOI; Taguchi method;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2014.6920857

Filename

6920857