A Three-Channels WDM Based on Multimode Interference Photonic Crystal

Abstract:

A photonic crystal waveguide coupled structure can be constructed by putting three photonic crystal waveguides in parallel and adjacent form. Study the coupling of the approximate solution interference acts and the self-image phenomenon of this multi-mode waveguide system based on the guided mode propagation analysis method, a three-channels multimode interference wavelength division multiplexing is designed. The presented device not only has a high transmission rate, but also has the advantages of multiple wavelength selection and may have potential and practical applications in the field of photonic integrated circuits in future.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 571)
• Pages: 445-449
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.571.445
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Jia Han Yan
• Keywords: Coupling, Multimode-Interference (MMI), Photonic Crystal Waveguide, Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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