Title :
Photonic integrated interferometer based on silicon-on-insulator nano-scale MMI couplers
Author :
Abdul-Majid, Sawsan ; Hasan, Imad ; Maldonado-Basilio, Ramon ; Hall, Trevor J. ; Ye, Weixiang
Author_Institution :
Photonics Technol. Lab., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A photonic integrated interferometer based on silicon-on-insulator 4×4 and 2×2 nano-scale MMI couplers is designed and characterized. Small footprints MMIs featuring 0.28 dB excess loss and 2.85-degrees phase error in a 20 nm span are reported.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light interference; light interferometers; optical couplers; silicon-on-insulator; MMI; Si; multimode interference; optical design; phase error; photonic integrated interferometer; silicon-on-insulator nanoscale MMI couplers; Couplers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Photonic integrated circuits; multi-mode interference couplers; nano-wire silicon-on-insulator;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656574
