Title :
Mode add drop for optical interconnects based on adiabatic high order mode couplers
Author :
Greenberg, Maxim ; Orenstein, Meir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
Multimode multiplexing can replace WDM for implementing multichannel interchip interconnections. The operation, performance of a novel building block: mode add drop multiplexer is presented, based on adiabatic power transfer to high-order modes in silicon-on-insulator waveguides.
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical couplers; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; adiabatic high order mode coupler; adiabatic power transfer; high-order mode; mode add drop multiplexer; multichannel interchip interconnection; multimode multiplexing; optical interconnect; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; Add-drop multiplexers; Couplers; Equations; Integrated optics; Optical distortion; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Propagation constant; Silicon on insulator technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548990
