Multi Mode Interferometer plus simplified coherent coupling to design a small footprint SOI power splitter

ROBERTO RAMÓN PEYTON; GUSTAVO ADRIAN TORCHIA; FABIAN VIDELA; DAMIÁN PRESTI

Paris

Congreso; European conference on integrated optics 2020; 2020

In this contribution we present a new approach to fabricate under SOI platform very small footprint power splitter. The design strategy is based on the well-known simplified coherent coupling combining to a multi-mode interferometer (MMI) structure. Along this paper, the sensibility of design parameters are analyzed and discussed. By this new approach which includes a MMI to spatially split the optical modes, can be constructed a very compact device. This opens a new avenue to improve and enhance the performance of integrated devices developed under SOI scheme and with high integration.