Title : 
Manufacturing tolerance analysis of an InP, 4x4 MMI-based 90° optical hybrid for integrated coherent receivers
         
        
            Author : 
Fandino, Javier ; Munoz, Pascual ; Capmany, J.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A manufacturing tolerance analysis of a 4×4-MMI working as a 90° optical hybrid is performed, both at the physical and system level. The relationship between well-known figures of merit with system penalty is also explored.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical couplers; optical receivers; MMI-based optical hybrid; integrated coherent receivers; manufacturing tolerance analysis; physical level; system level; system penalty; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Anaheim, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-0457-0