An ultracompact optical mode order converter

Yingyan Huang; Guoyang Xu; Seng Tiong Ho

doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.884886

An ultracompact optical mode order converter

Yingyan Huang^*, Guoyang Xu, Seng Tiong Ho

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Abstract

We describe the design and fabrication of an ultracompact optical mode order converter employing submicron waveguides. The mode converter can realize optical mode conversion between zeroth- and first-order optical modes with a device footprint less than 18 μm by 3 μm. The optical mode converter could be employed in various types of photonic integrated circuits where optical mode order conversion is needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2281-2283
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2006.884886
State	Published - Nov 1 2006

Funding

Manuscript received June 16, 2006; revised August 28, 2006. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Award ECS-0501589, by the NSF MRSEC Program under Grant DMR-0076097, and by the NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing under Award NCC 2-1363. This work was performed in part at the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, which is supported by the NSF (Grant ECS 03-35765).

Keywords

Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD)
Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Mode converter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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