Title :
SOI modal dispersion using Mach-Zehnder interferometer for mode-division multiplexing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Recently mode division multiplexing has emerged to improve is transmission capacity and spectral efficiency. Interferometry is then utilised to demonstrate the intermodal group delay and intramodal dispersion simultaneously on silicon-on-insulator waveguides for high-speed applications.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; interferometry; intermodal group delay; intramodal dispersion; mode-division multiplexing; silicon-on-insulator modal dispersion; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; spectral efficiency; transmission capacity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2012.1163
