[TuF1] Optical Filtering and Switching I

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[TuF1-2] Mode-Dependent 3-dB Power Splitters Using Silicon Slotted Multimode Interference Couplers for Efficient Mode-Selective Switches

○Sora Izumisawa¹, Takanori Sato¹, Taichi Muratsubaki¹, Kunimasa Saitoh¹ (1.Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University)

Keywords:

Photonic integrated circuits,Optical switches and channel selecting/routing devices for photonic networks,Spatial division multiplexing (SDM) waveguide devices

We propose novel mode-dependent 3-dB power splitters based on dual-slotted multimode interference couplers. These devices are designed by using subwavelength grating structures, and our proposals are numerically validated.