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N-rich silicon nitride angled-MMI for coarse wavelength division (de)multiplexing in the O-band

N-rich silicon nitride angled-MMI for coarse wavelength division (de)multiplexing in the O-band
N-rich silicon nitride angled-MMI for coarse wavelength division (de)multiplexing in the O-band
We report the design and fabrication of a compact angled multimode interferometer (AMMI) on a 600nm thick N-rich silicon nitride platform (n=1.92) optimised to match the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) coarse wavelength division (de)multiplexing (CWDM) standard in the O telecommunication band. The demonstrated device exhibited a good spectral response with ∆λ=20nm, BW3dB ∼11nm, IL<1.5dB and XT∼20dB. Additionally, it showed a high tolerance to dimensional errors <120pm/nm and low sensitivity to temperature variations <20pm/ºC, respectively. This device had a footprint of 0.02×1.7mm2 with the advantage of a simple design and a back-end-of-line compatible fabrication process that enables multilayer integration schemes due to its processing temperature <400ºC.
0146-9592
1251-1254
Domínguez Bucio, Thalía
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Khokhar, Ali Z.
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Mashanovich, Goran Z.
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Gardes, Frederic Y.
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Domínguez Bucio, Thalía
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Khokhar, Ali Z.
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Mashanovich, Goran Z.
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Gardes, Frederic Y.
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Domínguez Bucio, Thalía, Khokhar, Ali Z., Mashanovich, Goran Z. and Gardes, Frederic Y. (2018) N-rich silicon nitride angled-MMI for coarse wavelength division (de)multiplexing in the O-band. Optics Letters, 43 (5), 1251-1254. (doi:10.1364/OL.43.001251).

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We report the design and fabrication of a compact angled multimode interferometer (AMMI) on a 600nm thick N-rich silicon nitride platform (n=1.92) optimised to match the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) coarse wavelength division (de)multiplexing (CWDM) standard in the O telecommunication band. The demonstrated device exhibited a good spectral response with ∆λ=20nm, BW3dB ∼11nm, IL<1.5dB and XT∼20dB. Additionally, it showed a high tolerance to dimensional errors <120pm/nm and low sensitivity to temperature variations <20pm/ºC, respectively. This device had a footprint of 0.02×1.7mm2 with the advantage of a simple design and a back-end-of-line compatible fabrication process that enables multilayer integration schemes due to its processing temperature <400ºC.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 January 2018
Published date: 7 March 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 417230
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/417230
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: c085b68c-eaf0-402d-a773-6c7c29aa976b
ORCID for Thalía Domínguez Bucio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-1403
ORCID for Frederic Y. Gardes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-3272

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Date deposited: 26 Jan 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:08

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