Title :
The design of SOI-MMI couplers with arbitrary power splitting ratios using slotted waveguide structures
Author :
Le, T.-T. ; Cahill, Laurence W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Optical couplers having arbitrary splitting ratios are useful in a range of communications and sensing applications. In this paper, it is shown that SOI-MMI couplers having a shallow slot can provide such splitting ratios.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical couplers; optical logic; SOI-MMI couplers; arbitrary power splitting ratios; integrated optics; multimode interference couplers; optical couplers; optical logic gates; slotted waveguide structures; CMOS technology; Couplers; Integrated optics; Interference; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Phase change materials; Silicon on insulator technology; Integrated optics; multimode interference (MMI) couplers; optical logic gates;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343297
