Optimization of MMI-WDM demultiplexer by using BPM method

Author

Triki, Sami ; Najjar, Monia ; Rezig, Houria

Author_Institution

Ecole Nat. d´´Ingenieurs, Tunis

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

An optical demultiplexer based on the multimode interference (MMI) coupler is demonstrated in this work. The proposed device is designed and simulated by showing the optimum parameters for the structure (length of MMI region, the separation and the angle of the arm). The calculated results show that the crosstalk of the coupler is about -19.4 and -11.66 dB for 1310 and 1550 nm respectively. The insertion Loss is around 1.5-2.5 dB for demultiplexing operation.

Keywords

demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; optical communication; optical couplers; optical crosstalk; beam propagation method; coupler crosstalk; insertion loss; multimode interference coupler; optical demultiplexer; wavelength division multiplexing; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystal devices; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Optimization methods; Wavelength division multiplexing; beam propagation method (BPM); multimode interference (MMI); optical coupler; optical crosstalk; optical telecommunication; wavelength division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ICTON Mediterranean Winter Conference, 2007. ICTON-MW 2007

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1639-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1639-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTONMW.2007.4446951

Filename

4446951