title: Design, optimization and fabrication of an optical mode filter for integrated optics.
abstract: We present the design, optimization, fabrication and characterization of an optical mode filter, which attenuates the snaking behavior of light caused by a lateral misalignment of the input optical fiber relative to an optical circuit. The mode filter is realized as a bottleneck section inserted in an optical waveguide in front of a branching element. It is designed with Bézier curves. Its effect, which depends on the optical state of polarization, is experimentally demonstrated by investigating the equilibrium of an optical splitter, which is greatly improved however only in TM mode. The measured optical losses induced by the filter are 0.28 dB.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN)-UMR CNRS 8520-DHS-USTL, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. vincent.magnin@iemn.univ-lille1.fr
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Magnin
authors.forename: Malek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zegaoui
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harari
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Decoster
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055096:Optical Devices; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018511:Systems Integration