Broadband Silicon-On-Insulator directional couplers using a combination of straight and curved waveguide sections

Broadband Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) directional couplers are designed based on a combination of curved and straight coupled waveguide sections. A design methodology based on the transfer matrix method (TMM) is used to determine the required coupler section lengths, radii, and waveguide cross-sectio...

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Autores principales: Chen, George F. R., Ong, Jun Rong, Ang, Thomas Y. L., Lim, Soon Thor, Png, Ching Eng, Tan, Dawn T. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28775381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07618-6
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Sumario:Broadband Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) directional couplers are designed based on a combination of curved and straight coupled waveguide sections. A design methodology based on the transfer matrix method (TMM) is used to determine the required coupler section lengths, radii, and waveguide cross-sections. A 50/50 power splitter with a measured bandwidth of 88 nm is designed and fabricated, with a device footprint of 20 μm × 3 μm. In addition, a balanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer is fabricated showing an extinction ratio of >16 dB over 100 nm of bandwidth.

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