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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19 October 2021
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Reynolds, Jamie Dean
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Murugan, Ganapathy Senthil
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Ortega-Moñux, Alejandro
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Wangüemert-Pérez, Gonzalo
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Molina-Fernández, Íñigo
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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), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.439985).
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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Broadband 2 × 2 multimode interference coupler for mid-infrared wavelengths
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 September 2021
Published date: 19 October 2021
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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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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/452500
ISSN: 0146-9592
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Callum Stirling
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Robert Halir
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Alejandro Sánchez-Postigo
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Zhibo Qu
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Jamie Dean Reynolds
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Jordi Soler-Penadés
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Alejandro Ortega-Moñux
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Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez
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Íñigo Molina-Fernández
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