Length reduction factor of tapered multimode interference devices

Multimode interference (MMI) devices are widely used in planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The device length can be well reduced with tapered multimode region. Traditional design formula shows large error for MMI devices based on weakly- restricted waveguide. Based on the analysis with mode width as a substitution of waveguide width, a design formula with better precision was presented. Comparison with software simulation verified its exactness.

基于场匹配的任意折射率平板波导ESI参数的分析和计算

首次采用了场的最小二乘方 (LSE)和最小均方误差 (LMS)判据寻找平板波导的等效阶跃折射率 (ESI)模型 ,并通过它预测了平板波导的传输特性。计算结果表明 ,原始波导与等效波导场分布在具有最大近似性的基础上 ,ESI模型可以在一定范围内有效的预测平板波导的传输特性。归一化频率与第一个高阶模的截止频率之比在小于 0 7的情况下 ,用上述两种判据找到的ESI模型预测传输常数相对误差小于 0 0 1 % ,预测归一化传输常数的相对误差小于 1 0 %。