Ultra-Compact Mode (De)Multiplexer and Polarization Beam Splitter Based on Tapered Bent Asymmetric Directional Couplers

Autor: JunBo Zhu, HaiYang Huang, YingXuan Zhao, Yang Li, XiaoJuan She, Han Liao, Rui Huang, ZiJian Zhu, Xiang Liu, Zhen Sheng, FuWan Gan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3135908
Popis: Wepropose and experimentally demonstrate the ultra-compact mode (de)multiplexers and polarization beam splitter (PBS) based on tapered bent asymmetric directional couplers. The strong coupling strength introduced by tapered bent waveguides significantly shortens the coupling length. As a result, high coupling and conversion efficiencies over a broad bandwidth can be obtained with small footprint. The coupling length of the fabricated PBS and mode (de)multiplexers are less than 4.9 μm and 8.7 μm, respectively. From 1534-1600 nm, the measured insertion loss (IL) is less than 1.4 and 1.55 dB for the TE1-TE0 and TE2-TE0 mode (de)multiplexers, respectively, and the crosstalk (CT) is less than −10 dB. The fabricated PBS shows low insertion loss of 0.55 dB and decent crosstalk of < −14 dB for both polarizations over an 85 nm wavelength range from 1505-1590 nm. Meanwhile, the larger fabrication tolerance ensures that the proposed devices can be readily fabricated with the standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process.
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