1 × 4 Channel Si-Nanowire Microring-Assisted Multiple Delayline-Based Optical MUX/DeMUX

Author

Seok-Hwan Jeong ; Tanaka, Yu ; Morito, Ken

Author_Institution

Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

33

Issue

17

fYear

2015

fDate

Sept.1, 1 2015

Firstpage

3736

Lastpage

3743

Abstract

We proposed theoretically analyzed and experimentally demonstrated novel 1 × 4 channel flatband optical multiplexer/demultiplexer (MUX/DeMUX) that is based on Si-nanowire microring-assisted multiple delaylines. The proposed optical MUX/DeMUX scheme, which includes all-pass microring-type phase controllers and a Banyan-type 4 × 4 coupler, exhibits superior spectral flatness to any Si-nanowire optical DeMUXs that have previously been experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; elemental semiconductors; micro-optics; multiplexing equipment; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical delay lines; silicon; telecommunication channels; Banyan-type coupler; Si; all-pass microring-type phase controllers; channel Si-nanowire microring-assisted multiple delayline-based optical multiplexer-demultiplexer; spectral flatness; Couplers; Couplings; Junctions; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Microring resonator; Silicon photonics; microring resonator; optical demultiplexer; optical interconnect; optical waveguide; silicon photonics; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2015.2457431

Filename

7181648