Presentation Information

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

○Rui Zhang1, Yohei Aikawa1, Hiroyuki Uenohara1 (1.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.