[WP-G] Poster Session 2

[WP-G-8] Performance Optimization of Optical Decoders Using Multimode Interferometers

○Rui Zhang, Yohei Aikawa, Hiroyuki Uenohara (Institute of Science Tokyo)

Keywords:

Optical computing,Multimode interferometer,Silicon photonics

We investigated performance optimization of MMI-based optical decoders for enhanced port concentration. Configuration of two-bit parallel BPSK inputs with probes are analyzed, demonstrating improved contrast ratio of 2.5dB and BER power penalty of 1.3dB.