Sol-gel-derived 4×4 multimode interference coupler: optimization and fabrication

Oleg V. Mishechkin; Mahmoud Fallahi

doi:10.1117/1.1646180

1 March 2004 Sol-gel-derived 4×4 multimode interference coupler: optimization and fabrication

Oleg V. Mishechkin, Mahmoud Fallahi

Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, Issue 3, (March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1646180

The design and fabrication of a 4×4 multimode interference (MMI) coupler is reported. A photopatternable organic-inorganic sol-gel on silica-on-silicon is adopted for the device fabrication. Optimization of waveguide parameters led to the coupler excess loss below 1 dB and power imbalance below 0.2 dB. An optical 90-deg hybrid based on the coupler is realized and tested. The experimental data are in very good agreement with predicted simulation results, demonstrating the simplicity and exactness of the sol-gel method as an advantageous fabrication route in integrated optics.

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Oleg V. Mishechkin and Mahmoud Fallahi "Sol-gel-derived 4×4 multimode interference coupler: optimization and fabrication," Optical Engineering 43(3), (1 March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1646180

Published: 1 March 2004

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