Dual-Mode GVD Tailoring in a Convex Waveguide

Autor: Weicheng Chen, Gongcheng Yue, Haofeng Hu, Zhenzhou Cheng, Guo-Wei Lu, Tiegen Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 1-6 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2020.3005690
Popis: Mode division multiplexing (MDM) silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs) have been widely developed for achieving high-speed optical interconnects and communications. As an excellent nonlinear optical platform, silicon PICs also receive great attention in applications of optical parametric devices and nonlinear optical signal processing. However, it is still challenging to develop MDM optical parametric devices due to the strong mode dependence of the group velocity dispersion (GVD) in a silicon waveguide. Here, we theoretically design a convex waveguide exhibiting almost the same GVD profiles for quasi-TE0 and quasi-TE1 modes based on the standard fabrication flow of silicon photonic foundries. Specifically, flat GVD curves varying from -1500 ps/nm/km to -1000 ps/nm/km are obtained for the two modes in a convex waveguide within a spectral region of 1.37 μm to 1.75 μm covering from E-band to U-band. The study is expected to open an avenue for exploring unprecedented MDM nonlinear applications.
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