Modeling multivariate dependencies for manufacturing single-mode I/O structures of integrated MMI-based splitters in glass sheets

Autor: Thomas Kuhler, Elmar Griese, Jan-Philipp Roth
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Optical and Quantum Electronics. 52
ISSN: 1572-817X
0306-8919
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-019-2126-z
Popis: For the realization of integrated optical interconnect systems, optical waveguide components are needed. A promising approach to manufacturing graded-index waveguide components is their embedding in thin glass sheets by ion-exchange processes. Conventionally, the modeling of integrated waveguide components manufactured by thermal diffusion processes involves the numerical solution of differential equations. In this work, a semi-analytical approach for the modeling of the concentration profile is extended by the Gauss–Newton optimization algorithm. This is done with the specific purpose of accurately modeling single-mode input and output waveguide structures of multimode-interference-based (MMI-based) optical splitters. The constraints imposed by the multivariate manufacturing process for the realization of these MMI-based components are elaborated. Corresponding correlations between these constraints and the according modeling of the devices are established.
Databáze: OpenAIRE