Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14 (8): 080601, Published Online: Aug. 3, 2018
Proposal of an InP-based few-mode transmitter based on multimode interference couplers for wavelength division multiplexing and mode division multiplexing applications Download: 974次
Abstract
An InP-based monolithically integrated few-mode transmitter aiming at the combination of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and mode division multiplexing (MDM) technologies is proposed. The core elements of the proposed transmitter are mode converters and a wavelength-mode division multiplexer that are all based on multimode interference (MMI) couplers. Simulations show that the wavelength-mode division multiplexer has a large fabrication tolerance of 30 and 0.5 μm for the length and the width of the device, respectively. A low loss below 0.26 dB for the passive parts of the transmitter is obtained in the whole C-band wavelength range.
Zhaosong Li, Dan Lu, Bing Zuo, Song Liang, Xuliang Zhou, Jiaoqing Pan. Proposal of an InP-based few-mode transmitter based on multimode interference couplers for wavelength division multiplexing and mode division multiplexing applications[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(8): 080601.