Title :
Vertical MMI coupler for 3D photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Kirita, Ken ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
P&I Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a vertical MMI coupler connecting stacked PLCs for making 3D photonic integrated circuits. The ARROW based vertical MMI with a reflector enables compact vertical interconnections. The calculated insertion loss and return loss are below 1dB and over 30 dB, respectively.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light interference; optical couplers; optical losses; 3D photonic integrated circuits; insertion loss; multimode interference couplers; optical reflector; planar lightwave circuits; return loss; Coupling circuits; Insertion loss; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit technology; Joining processes; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Programmable control;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343190
