Low loss MMI couplers for high performance MZI modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1485-1487

  Thomson, D J ^a   Hu, Y ^a   Reed, G T ^a   Fedeli, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Low loss; Mach Zehnder interferometers (MZI); multimode interference (MMI); optical modulator; silicon photonics; taper

Indexed keywords

LOW LOSS; MACH-ZEHNDER; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL MODULATORS; SILICON PHOTONICS; TAPER;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 77957014657     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2063018     Document Type: Article

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