• DocumentCode
    1280219
  • Title

    Low-loss 1×N multimode interference couplers with homogeneous output power distributions realised in silica on Si material

  • Author

    Lai, Q. ; Bachmann, M. ; Melchior, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    9/25/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1699
  • Lastpage
    1700
  • Abstract
    1×N multimode interference (MMI) couplers have been realised in silica on Si material. Fibre-to-fibre losses are 0.7, 0.9 and 1.3 dB with a maximal unbalance of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 dB for 1×2, 1×4 and 1×8 MMI couplers, respectively
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light interference; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; silicon; silicon compounds; 0.7 to 1.3 dB; MMI couplers; SiO2-Si; fibre-to-fibre losses; homogeneous output power distributions; integrated optics; maximal unbalance; multimode interference couplers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19971142
  • Filename
    629540
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1280219