Modified Hamming function weighted waveguide structure for the broadband and minimized mismatched optical couplers

Chi-Feng Chen; Yun-Sheng Ku; Tsu-Te Kung; Hau-Wei Wang; Mau-Shiun Yeh

doi:10.1117/12.855200

1 December 2009 Modified Hamming function weighted waveguide structure for the broadband and minimized mismatched optical couplers

Chi-Feng Chen, Yun-Sheng Ku, Tsu-Te Kung, Hau-Wei Wang, Mau-Shiun Yeh

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Proceedings Volume 7630, Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices VI; 76300Y (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855200
Event: Asia Communications and Photonics, 2009, Shanghai, Shanghai , China

Abstract

We numerically investigate a new function modified from Hamming function to apply in weighting the waveguide structure of a mismatched optical coupler with the characteristics of low crosstalk, short length, and broad C+L-band. The full factorial design and beam propagation method are being used to seek the optimal structure parameters of coupling waveguide. This modified Hamming weighting function (M-HWF) is proved to have the superior performances to Hamming weighting function (HWF) in several ways. In theoretical computation, the M-HWF and HWF waveguides have the coupling lengths of 11 mm and 16 mm, respectively at crosstalk of -40 dB and operating wavelength of 1.57 μm. After the numerical design of waveguide structure parameters, the M-HWF also obtain a shorter coupling length of 4.50 mm than coupling length of 5.90 mm of HWF at crosstalk of -40 dB and within the C+L-band (1.53~1.61 μm). The M-HWF waveguide with the shortest coupling length of 4.5 mm can even reach a broader bandwidth between 1.50 and 1.70 μm.

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Chi-Feng Chen, Yun-Sheng Ku, Tsu-Te Kung, Hau-Wei Wang, and Mau-Shiun Yeh "Modified Hamming function weighted waveguide structure for the broadband and minimized mismatched optical couplers", Proc. SPIE 7630, Passive Components and Fiber-based Devices VI, 76300Y (1 December 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.855200

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