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

R.PEYTON; D. PRESTI; F. VIDELA; G.A. TORCHIA

Paris

Conferencia; European Conference on Integrated Optics; 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 multimode 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.