DocumentCode
1667567
Title
On the design of 1xN multimode interference coupler for photonic integrated circuits
Author
Hosseini, Amir ; Kwong, David N. ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear
2010
Firstpage
195
Lastpage
196
Abstract
We derive an analytical relation for the maximum number of output channels for high performance (power transmission and uniformity) multimode interference (MMI) based 1×N optical beam splitters. Eigenvalue-expansion based simulation results confirm the analytical relation.
Keywords
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical couplers; eigenvalue expansion; multimode interference based optical beam splitter; multimode interference coupler; photonic integrated circuits; power transmission; Couplers; Equations; Indexes; Interference; Mathematical model; Optical beams; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3731-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553681
Filename
5553681
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