Design and optimization of optical power splitter based on multimode interference for 1.55-mu m operation

• Main Authors: Al-hetar, Abdulaziz Mohammed, Mohd. Supa'at, Abu Sahmah, Mohd. Kassim, Norazan, Mohammad, Abu Bakar
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2007
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11681/1/Design%20and%20optimization%20of%20optical%20power%20splitter%20based%20on%20multimode%20interference%20for%201.55-mu%20m%20operation_2007.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11681/; http://apps.isiknowledge.com/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In this paper, we design and optimize 1X2, 1X4, 1X8, 1X16, and 1X32 optical power splitter based on Multimode Interference (MMI). A mathematical model is used to get accurate values of propagation constants and subsequently calculates the optimum value of coupler length of the MMI region, L-MMI. The...