DocumentCode
2159287
Title
Fully passive Si-photonic 90° hybrid for coherent receiver applications
Author
Voigt, K. ; Zimmermann, L. ; Winzer, G. ; Tian, H. ; Tillack, B. ; Petermann, K.
Author_Institution
Joint Lab. Silicon Photonics, Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
18-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We present a fully passive Silicon nanowire based optical 90° hybrid based on a 4×4 MMI coupler for application in coherent receivers. The hybrid shows an excess loss <;0.5dB and phase accuracy better than 5°.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; nanowires; optical couplers; optical receivers; silicon; MMI coupler; Si; coherent receiver application; fully passive nanowire; fully passive photonic; phase accuracy; Adaptive optics; Couplers; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Geneva
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1918-9
Type
conf
Filename
6065977
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