Title :
An Interesting Characteristic of Designing n-fold SOI-MMI Splitter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
An interesting characteristic of designing a n-fold multimode interference (MMI) optical splitter is obtained by BPM simulations. The length of the n-fold MMI region is approximately proportional to 1/λn if the refractive index profile of the MMI region is the same.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic waveguides; Interference; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4963-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4964-4
DOI :
10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504402
