• DocumentCode
    733373
  • Title

    Asymmetric-waveguide-assisted 3-dB broadband directional coupler

  • Author

    Zeqin Lu ; Han Yun ; Yun Wang ; Zhitian Chen ; Fan Zhang ; Jaeger, Nicolas A. F. ; Chrostowski, Lukas

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate 3-dB broadband directional couplers that use asymmetric-waveguide-based phase compensation. Average coupling ratios of 46.57% and 48.28% were obtained from 1500 nm to 1600 nm for transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes, respectively.
  • Keywords
    optical directional couplers; optical waveguides; asymmetric-waveguide-assisted broadband directional coupler; asymmetric-waveguide-based phase compensation; coupling ratios; transverse electric modes; transverse magnetic modes; wavelength 1500 nm to 1600 nm; Broadband communication; Couplers; Couplings; Finite difference methods; Optical waveguides; Time-domain analysis; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183811
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733373