Author Affiliations
1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , China2Bell Honors School, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Polarization independent DC waveguides based on SWG structure
[18-19]. (a) Structure in Ref. [
18]; (b) structure in Ref. [
19]
Fig. 2. Diagrams of SWG structure and equivalent uniform refractive index medium. (a) Diagram of SWG structure; (b) diagram of equivalent uniform refractive index medium
Fig. 3. Configuration of DC demultiplexer structure (inset is section view of coupled zone waveguide)
Fig. 4. Lc as a function of n(SiNx) when g is 120 nm and160 nm. (a) g=120 nm; (b) g=160 nm
Fig. 5. g as a function of n(SiNx) when demultiplexer is polarization-independent
Fig. 6. Lc and R of 1550 nm and 1310 nm optical signals as functions of g when demultiplexer is polarization-independent, and L as a function of R when m is less than 7. (a) Lc as a function of g; (b) R as a function of g; (c) L as a function of R
Fig. 7. and as functions of L. (a) ; (b)
Fig. 8. and as functions of Ws and Ls. (a) ; (b)
Fig. 9. Field distributions of DC polarization-independent demultiplexer. (a) 1310 nm, TE polarization mode; (b) 1310 nm, TM polarization mode; (c) 1550 nm, TE polarization mode; (d) 1550 nm, TM polarization mode
Fig. 10. Normalized output power and for port2 and port3 as functions wavelength. (a) 1310 nm band, normalized output power; (b) 1550 nm band, normalized output power; (c) 1310 nm band, ; (d) 1550 nm band,
Fig. 11. and as functions of Δh, ΔW, Δg,and Δn(SiNx). (a) Δh; (b) ΔW; (c) Δg; (d) Δn(SiNx)
Demultiplexer | Structure | Size /μm2 | /dB | /dB |
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Ref. [8] Ref. [9] Ref. [12] | MMI MMI DC | 10.00×360.00 4.60×227.70 1.68×23.00 | 0.410 0.365 0.335 | -23.00 -23.10 -23.24 | Ref. [17] | DC | 1.24×48.20 | 0.225 | -21.25 | Our work | DC | 1.22×22.80 | 0.110 | -19.24 |
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Table 1. Comparison of performance parameters of polarization-independent demultiplexers