Title :
Fully passive Si-photonic 90° hybrid for coherent receiver applications
Author :
Voigt, K. ; Zimmermann, L. ; Winzer, G. ; Tian, H. ; Tillack, B. ; Petermann, K.
Author_Institution :
Joint Lab. Silicon Photonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We present a fully passive Silicon nanowire based optical 90° hybrid based on a 4×4 MMI coupler for application in coherent receivers. The hybrid shows an excess loss <;0.5dB and phase accuracy better than 5°.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanowires; optical couplers; optical receivers; silicon; MMI coupler; Si; coherent receiver application; fully passive nanowire; fully passive photonic; phase accuracy; Adaptive optics; Couplers; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
