title: Experimental demonstration of simultaneous mode and polarization-division multiplexing based on silicon densely packed waveguide array.
abstract: A silicon mode and polarization-division multiplexing scheme based on a densely packed waveguide array structured as a bus waveguide is introduced. A short adiabatic taper is adopted for (de)multiplexing. Such a structure shows theoretical insertion losses that are <0.05  dB and crosstalk that is <-20  dB over a wide wavelength band for all five supported modes. The structures for (de)multiplexing are fabricated and characterized experimentally. A device, which consists of a multiplexer, a 50-μm-long straight-bus waveguide, and a demultiplexer, exhibits insertion losses that are <0.6  dB and crosstalk that is <-15  dB over an 80 nm wavelength band. The demonstrated (de)multiplexer has a total length of 60 μm, and the bus waveguide has an effective width of 1.58 μm.
authors.forename: Kaixuan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Siya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sitao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shipeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chenzhao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Daoxin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu