• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 4, A57 (2022)
Carlos Pérez-Armenta1、*, Alejandro Ortega-Moñux1, José Manuel Luque-González1, Robert Halir1、2, Pedro J. Reyes-Iglesias1, Jens Schmid3, Pavel Cheben3, Íñigo Molina-Fernández1、2, and J. Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Telecommunication Research Institute (TELMA), Universidad de Málaga, CEI Andalucía TECH, E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación, 29010 Málaga, Spain
  • 2Bionand Center for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía, Málaga 29590, Spain
  • 3National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.446932 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Carlos Pérez-Armenta, Alejandro Ortega-Moñux, José Manuel Luque-González, Robert Halir, Pedro J. Reyes-Iglesias, Jens Schmid, Pavel Cheben, Íñigo Molina-Fernández, J. Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez. Polarization-independent multimode interference coupler with anisotropy-engineered bricked metamaterial[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(4): A57 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Many applications, including optical multiplexing, switching, and detection, call for low-cost and broadband photonic devices with polarization-independent operation. While the silicon-on-insulator platform is well positioned to fulfill most of these requirements, its strong birefringence hinders the development of polarization-agnostic devices. Here we leverage the recently proposed bricked metamaterial topology to design, for the first time, to our knowledge, a polarization-independent 2×2 multimode interference coupler using standard 220 nm silicon thickness. Our device can be fabricated with a single etch step and is optimized for the O-band, covering a wavelength range of 160 nm with excess loss, polarization-dependent loss, and imbalance below 1 dB and phase errors of less than 5°, as demonstrated with full three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations.

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    Carlos Pérez-Armenta, Alejandro Ortega-Moñux, José Manuel Luque-González, Robert Halir, Pedro J. Reyes-Iglesias, Jens Schmid, Pavel Cheben, Íñigo Molina-Fernández, J. Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez. Polarization-independent multimode interference coupler with anisotropy-engineered bricked metamaterial[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(4): A57
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