Passive ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder interleaver on silicon-on-insulator.
A passive ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical interleaver comprising a Y-bench, a 3-dB directional coupler, a ring-resonator, and a delay line is proposed. The interleaver is fabricated with 300 nm x 300 nm silicon wires on silicon-on-insulator. The fabricated interleaver demonstrates a flat-top spectral response. The measured free-spectral range is approximately 4 nm, the insertion loss is approximately -8 dB, and the crosstalk is <- 10 dB. Both the experimental and simulation results are in good agreement.
Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 11Science Park Road, Science Park II, Singapore.
Junfeng
J
Song
Q
Q
Fang
S H
SH
Tao
M B
MB
Yu
G Q
GQ
Lo
D L
DL
Kwong
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008904:Miniaturization; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
D012825:Silicon