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Broadband 2 x 2 multimode interference coupler for mid-infrared wavelengths

Broadband 2 x 2 multimode interference coupler for mid-infrared wavelengths
Broadband 2 x 2 multimode interference coupler for mid-infrared wavelengths
Beam splitters are core components of photonic integrated circuits and are often implemented with multimode interference couplers. While these devices offer high performance, their operational bandwidth is still restrictive for sensing applications in the mid-infrared wavelength range. Here we experimentally demonstrate a subwavelength-structured 2×2 multimode interference coupler with high performance in the 3.1−3.7 µm range, doubling the bandwidth of a conventional device.
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Stirling, Callum, Halir, Robert, Sánchez-Postigo, Alejandro, Qu, Zhibo, Reynolds, Jamie Dean, Soler-Penadés, Jordi, Murugan, Ganapathy Senthil, Ortega-Moñux, Alejandro, Wangüemert-Pérez, Gonzalo, Molina-Fernández, Íñigo, Mashanovich, Goran and Nedeljković, Miloš (2021) Broadband 2 x 2 multimode interference coupler for mid-infrared wavelengths. Optics Letters, 46 (21), 5300-5303. (doi:10.1364/OL.439985).

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Abstract

Beam splitters are core components of photonic integrated circuits and are often implemented with multimode interference couplers. While these devices offer high performance, their operational bandwidth is still restrictive for sensing applications in the mid-infrared wavelength range. Here we experimentally demonstrate a subwavelength-structured 2×2 multimode interference coupler with high performance in the 3.1−3.7 µm range, doubling the bandwidth of a conventional device.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 September 2021
Published date: 19 October 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N013247/1); Royal Academy of Engineering (RF201617/16/33); Consejer?a de Econom?a, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad, Junta de Andaluc?a (P18-RT-793).

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Local EPrints ID: 452500
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/452500
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 11900e28-43d1-45f9-8561-5aa76762bab3
ORCID for Jamie Dean Reynolds: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0072-0134
ORCID for Jordi Soler-Penadés: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1706-8533
ORCID for Ganapathy Senthil Murugan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-3273
ORCID for Goran Mashanovich: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-5138
ORCID for Miloš Nedeljković: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9170-7911

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Date deposited: 11 Dec 2021 11:21
Last modified: 29 Oct 2024 02:45

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Contributors

Author: Callum Stirling
Author: Robert Halir
Author: Alejandro Sánchez-Postigo
Author: Zhibo Qu
Author: Jamie Dean Reynolds ORCID iD
Author: Jordi Soler-Penadés ORCID iD
Author: Ganapathy Senthil Murugan ORCID iD
Author: Alejandro Ortega-Moñux
Author: Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez
Author: Íñigo Molina-Fernández
Author: Goran Mashanovich ORCID iD
Author: Miloš Nedeljković ORCID iD

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