Title :
On the design of 1xN multimode interference coupler for photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Hosseini, Amir ; Kwong, David N. ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We derive an analytical relation for the maximum number of output channels for high performance (power transmission and uniformity) multimode interference (MMI) based 1×N optical beam splitters. Eigenvalue-expansion based simulation results confirm the analytical relation.
Keywords :
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical couplers; eigenvalue expansion; multimode interference based optical beam splitter; multimode interference coupler; photonic integrated circuits; power transmission; Couplers; Equations; Indexes; Interference; Mathematical model; Optical beams; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553681
