Title :
Wavelength Combiner based on Silicon Platform
Author :
Liu, Y. ; Chow, C.W. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
A wavelength combiner based on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) multimode interferometer (MMI) coupler and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was designed, fabricated and tested. It has 0.1 dB spectral full-width of 18 nm around 1440 nm and 22 nm around 1560 nm.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical testing; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOI; Si-SiO2; interferometer design; interferometer fabrication; interferometer testing; multimode interferometer coupler; silicon platform; silicon-on-insulator; wavelength combiner; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Passband; Passive optical networks; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, 2006. Metamaterials 2006. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9773-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9774-6
DOI :
10.1109/METAMAT.2006.335065
