doi: 10.7763/IJET.2011.V3.286
Arbitrary Power Splitting Couplers Based on 3x3 Multimode Interference Structures for All-optical Computing
Trung-Thanh Le
- the Faculty of Information Technology, Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, 41A K1 Phu Dien Road, Tu Liem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Abstract
Chip level optical links based on VLSI photonic integrated circuits have been proposed to replace metal electrical data paths in cases where high frequencies make electrical traces impractical. This is especially relevant to high speed clock signals as silicon CMOS circuit technology is scaled higher in speed to the GHz range and beyond. In this paper, the realization of optical couplers and power taps based on 3x3 multimode interference structures using CMOS technology is presented. The proposed devices can be useful for all-optical interconnects, clock distribution and many other all-optical processing applications. The transfer matrix method and the 3D Beam Propagation Method (3D BPM) are used to optimize the proposed devices.
Keywords
- All-optical processing
- CMOS technology
- Integrated optics
- multimode interference (MMI) couplers
How to Cite
Trung-Thanh Le, "Arbitrary Power Splitting Couplers Based on 3x3 Multimode Interference Structures for All-optical Computing," International Journal of Engineering and Technology, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 565-569, 2011. https://doi.org/ 10.7763/IJET.2011.V3.286
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Copyright © 2011 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).