Title :
Design of 2 x 2 SOI MMI couplers with arbitrary power coupling ratios
Author :
Le, T.T. ; Cahill, L.W. ; Elton, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Proposed is a new method for implementing multimode interference couplers with arbitrary power splitting ratios on silicon on insulator technology. The devices are verified and optimised using the three dimensional beam propagation method.
Keywords :
light interference; optical couplers; silicon-on-insulator; waveguide couplers; SOI MMI couplers; arbitrary power coupling ratios; arbitrary power splitting ratio; channel waveguide MMI couplers; multimode interference couplers; silicon on insulator technology; three dimensional beam propagation method;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.0281
