Title :
Low loss and high uniformity multimode interference splitter operating in a wide wavelength band
Author_Institution :
Res. Centre for Microtechnol., Vorarlberg Univ. of Appl. Sci. (FHV), Dornbirn, Austria
Abstract :
A new design of low loss and high uniformity multimode interference (MMI) splitter is realized by applying an exponential taper in front of the multimode section. Additionally, such splitter is able to operate in a wide wavelength band.
Keywords :
light interference; optical beam splitters; optical design techniques; optical losses; exponential taper; high uniformity multimode interference splitter; low optical loss; optical design; wide wavelength band operation; integrated optics; multimode interference splitter; optical splitting; self-imaging effect;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2010), 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2010.1231
