• DocumentCode
    2534016
  • Title

    Vertical MMI coupler for 3D photonic integrated circuits

  • Author

    Kirita, Ken ; Koyama, Fumio

  • Author_Institution
    P&I Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    477
  • Lastpage
    478
  • Abstract
    We propose a vertical MMI coupler connecting stacked PLCs for making 3D photonic integrated circuits. The ARROW based vertical MMI with a reflector enables compact vertical interconnections. The calculated insertion loss and return loss are below 1dB and over 30 dB, respectively.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; light interference; optical couplers; optical losses; 3D photonic integrated circuits; insertion loss; multimode interference couplers; optical reflector; planar lightwave circuits; return loss; Coupling circuits; Insertion loss; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit technology; Joining processes; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Programmable control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343190
  • Filename
    5343190
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2534016