Design and optimization of optical power splitter based on multimode interference for 1.55-μm operation

Author

Al-hetar, Abdulaziz M. ; Supa´at, Abu Sahmah Bin Mohd ; Kassim, N.M. ; Mohammad, A.B.

Author_Institution

Photonic Technol. Center, Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Johor Bahru

fYear

2007

fDate

4-6 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we design and optimize 1X2, 1X4, 1X8, 1X16, and 1X32 optical power splitter based on Multimode Interference (MMI). A mathematical model is used to get accurate values of propagation constants and subsequently calculates the optimum value of coupler length of the MMI region, L_MMI. The results are predicted by the mathematical model, which gives the optimum values of the device properties such as excess loss and imbalance.

Keywords

light interference; light propagation; optical beam splitters; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre subscriber loops; MMI region; coupler length; mathematical model; multimode interference; optical power splitter; propagation constants; wavelength 1.55 mum; Design optimization; Geometrical optics; Interference; Mathematical model; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Waveguide components; Multimode interference (MMI); optical power splitter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetics, 2007. APACE 2007. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1434-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1435-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APACE.2007.4603855

Filename

4603855