DocumentCode
3202922
Title
Demonstration of compact 2×2 multimode interference coupler on silicon nanomembrane
Author
Hosseini, Amir ; Kwong, David N. ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
1-3 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
263
Lastpage
265
Abstract
We designed and fabricated a 2×2 tapered multimode interference coupler on silicon-on-insulator with dimensions of 12.88μm×3μm. The device keeps a 50/50 splitting ratio over a 50nm bandwidth. To our best knowledge this is the most compact 2×2 MMI demonstrated.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light interference; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Si; compact multimode interference coupler; silicon nanomembrane; silicon-on-insulator; tapered multimode interference coupler; Couplers; Interference; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6344-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643358
Filename
5643358
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