• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 3, 032301 (2017)
Weijie Mai1、2, Luna Cui1、2、*, and Li Yu1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 2School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.032301 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Weijie Mai, Luna Cui, Li Yu. Multimode-interference-based crossing for metal-insulator-metal waveguides[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 032301 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We report a waveguide crossing based on a multimode-interference (MMI) structure for metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguides. The MMI-based crossing comprises two orthogonal intersecting MMI waveguides that are connected to the single-mode input/output waveguide symmetrically. Single self-images are formed at the crossing center and output plane of the MMI waveguide, thereby mitigating the crosstalk and improving the throughput. The characteristics of the proposed MMI-based crossing are investigated with the finite element method of Comsol Multiphysics. The results show that the throughput reaches 1.8 dB and the crosstalk is less than 46 dB at the wavelength of 1550 nm.
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    Weijie Mai, Luna Cui, Li Yu. Multimode-interference-based crossing for metal-insulator-metal waveguides[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 032301
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