Title :
Demonstration of compact 2×2 multimode interference coupler on silicon nanomembrane
Author :
Hosseini, Amir ; Kwong, David N. ; Subbaraman, Harish ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We designed and fabricated a 2×2 tapered multimode interference coupler on silicon-on-insulator with dimensions of 12.88μm×3μm. The device keeps a 50/50 splitting ratio over a 50nm bandwidth. To our best knowledge this is the most compact 2×2 MMI demonstrated.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light interference; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Si; compact multimode interference coupler; silicon nanomembrane; silicon-on-insulator; tapered multimode interference coupler; Couplers; Interference; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6344-2
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643358
