%0 Journal Article
%T Silicon-Based Mode Converter and Demultiplexer for Wavelength Division Multiplexing Transmission by Using  Multimode Interference Couplers
%A Yong Zhou
%A Junqiang Sun
%J Optics and Photonics Journal
%P 117-124
%@ 2160-889X
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/opj.2020.106012
%X <div style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	We present a mode converter and demultiplexer structure for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission by employing multimode interference (MMI) on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) platform. The mode converter and demultiplexer have a compact size of less than 2.7 ¦Ìm ¡Á 43.7 ¦Ìm. Moreover, the crosstalk between neighboring wavelength channel within C band (1530 nm to 1570 nm) can be reduced by utilizing the tapered phase shifter cascaded with MMI. The simulated results indicate that this structure has a low insertion loss of less than 1 dB, a low crosstalk of better than ?15 dB and a relatively high fabrication tolerance of ~10 nm. Such structure may find many potential applications in silicon photonic integrated devices.
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%K Multimode Interference
%K Wavelength Division Multiplexing
%K Mode Converter
%K Silicon-on-Insulator
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=101818