A design procedure for high-performance, rib-waveguide-based multimode interference couplers in silicon-on-insulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2928-2936

  Halir, Robert ^a   Molina Fernandez I ^a   Ortega Monux A ^a   Wanguemert Perez J G ^a   Xu, Dan Xia ^b   Cheben, Pavel ^b   Janz, Siegfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Multimode interference (MMI); Rib waveguide; Silicon on insulator

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MICROSENSORS; SILICON;

DESIGN PROCEDURES; ETCH DEPTHS; EXCESS LOSSES; HIGH FABRICATIONS; LATERAL CONFINEMENTS; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI); MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCES; RIB WAVEGUIDE; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SILICON ON INSULATORS; SILICON-ON-INSULATOR; SINGLE ETCH; SINGLE MODES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 56349153545     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.914511     Document Type: Article

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