23 October 2023 Interleaved bidirectional angled multimode interferometer for wavelength division (de)multiplexings
Zanyun Zhang, Jiaming Xing, Beiju Huang, Tianjun Liu, Kaixin Zhang, Meixin Li, Hao Jiang, Qixin Wang
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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a bidirectional angled multimode interferometer (Bi-AMMI) for interleaved wavelength division multiplexing applications. The spectral response of the 2 × 4 Bi-AMMI is obtained using an eigenmode expansion method, including the cross coupling between the input and output ports at the same side of the multimode waveguide. To verify our design, both the standalone and interleaved Bi-AMMIs were fabricated and measured. The Bi-AMMI exhibits an insertion loss of 0.99 to 1.21 dB, and the unwanted cross coupling is lower than −20 dB. The interleaved device exhibits a measured optical loss of 4.77 to 5.02 dB, and the average crosstalk is calculated to be −18 dB.

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Zanyun Zhang, Jiaming Xing, Beiju Huang, Tianjun Liu, Kaixin Zhang, Meixin Li, Hao Jiang, and Qixin Wang "Interleaved bidirectional angled multimode interferometer for wavelength division (de)multiplexings," Optical Engineering 62(10), 107101 (23 October 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.62.10.107101
Received: 31 March 2023; Accepted: 26 September 2023; Published: 23 October 2023
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KEYWORDS
Design

Medium wave

Waveguides

Optical gratings

Wavelength division multiplexing

Interferometers

Spectral response

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