Conference paper
On-chip mode division multiplexing technologies
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Nanophotonic Devices, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Ultra-fast Optical Communication, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Centre of Excellence for Silicon Photonics for Optical Communications, Centers, Technical University of Denmark4
Huazhong University of Science and Technology5
Diode Lasers and LED Systems, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark6
FOTON Laboratory7
Space division multiplexing (SDM) is currently widely investigated in order to provide enhanced capacity thanks to the utilization of space as a new degree of multiplexing freedom in both optical fiber communication and on-chip interconnects. Basic components allowing the processing of spatial modes are critical for SDM applications.
Here we present such building blocks implemented on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. These include fabrication tolerant wideband (de) multiplexers, ultra-compact mode converters and (de) multiplexers designed by topology optimization, and mode filters using one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal silicon waveguides.
We furthermore use the fabricated devices to demonstrate on-chip point-to-point mode division multiplexing transmission, and all-optical signal processing by mode-selective wavelength conversion. Finally, we report an efficient silicon photonic integrated circuit mode (de) multiplexer for few-mode fibers (FMFs).
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Pages: | 977407-977407-11 |
| Proceedings: | Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems V |
| Series: | Proceedings of Spie - the International Society for Optical Engineering |
| ISBN: | 1510600094 and 9781510600096 |
| ISSN: | 1996756x and 0277786x |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2211596 |
| ORCIDs: | Ding, Yunhong , Frellsen, Louise Floor , Guan, Xiaowei , Da Ros, Francesco , Ou, Haiyan , Frandsen, Lars Hagedorn , Oxenløwe, Leif Katsuo and Yvind, Kresten |
1D photonic crystal silicon waveguides APODIZED GRATING COUPLER Applied Mathematics CONVERSION Computer Science Applications Condensed Matter Physics DEMULTIPLEXER DESIGN EFFICIENCY ENGINEERING, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials FABRICATION FIBER Integrated circuits Integrated optics Light transmission Metal-insulator-semiconductor structures Mode converter Mode division multiplexing Mode filters Mode-division multiplexing Multiplexing Multiplexing and switching in optical communication Multiplexing equipment OPTICS Optical coatings and filters Optical communication Optical communication devices, equipment and systems Optical fiber communication Optical fiber fabrication Optical fibers Optical fibre fabrication, cladding, splicing, joining Optical harmonic generation, frequency conversion, parametric oscillation and amplification Optical information, image formation and analysis Optical materials Optical signal processing Optical system design Optical, image and video signal processing Photonic bandgap materials Photonic devices Photonic integrated circuits Photonic integration technology Pulse analyzing circuits Reconfigurable hardware SILICON WAVE-GUIDE Shape optimization Si Signal processing Silicon Silicon on insulator technology Space division multiple access Spatial filters, zone plates, and polarizers TAPERED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION Topology Waveguide filters all-optical signal processing demultiplexing fabrication tolerant wideband few-mode fibers integrated optics mode (de)multiplexer mode converter mode filter mode filters mode-selective wavelength conversion on-chip interconnects on-chip mode division multiplexing technologies on-chip point-to-point mode division multiplexing transmission optical design techniques optical fiber communication optical fibre communication optical fibre fabrication optical filters optical information processing optical wavelength conversion optimisation photonic crystals photonic integrated circuit silicon silicon photonic integrated circuit mode demultiplexer silicon-on-insulator silicon-on-insulator platform space division multiplexing spatial mode processing topology optimization ultracompact mode converters
