Ultra-high-speed transmission of polymer-based multimode interference devices for board-level high-throughput optical interconnects

Yin-Jung Chang; Gee-Kung Chang; Thomas K. Gaylord; Daniel Guidotti; Jianjun Yu

doi:10.1117/12.660138

28 February 2006 Ultra-high-speed transmission of polymer-based multimode interference devices for board-level high-throughput optical interconnects

Yin-Jung Chang, Gee-Kung Chang, Thomas K. Gaylord, Daniel Guidotti, Jianjun Yu

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Proceedings Volume 6126, Photonics Packaging and Integration VI; 612601 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.660138
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Multimode interference (MMI) devices operating at high data rates are important for integrated optics and optical networks. Their 1×N splitting provides a basic functionality in these applications. Ultra-high speed data transmission at 40Gb/s per channel with a total bandwidth of 320Gb/s for all 8 output ports is demonstrated for the first time on a 1 × 8 photo-definable polymer-based MMI power splitter. The transmission integrity is confirmed by the bit-error-rate (BER) testing. To further determine the speed limitations of MMI devices, ultra-short pulse response of these devices is quantified. For example, for 20fs Gaussian input pulses into a 1×8 polymer-based MMI splitter, the output pulses are severely degraded in coupling efficiency (47%) and completely broken up in time and in space primarily due to inter-modal and intra-modal (waveguide) dispersions.

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Yin-Jung Chang, Gee-Kung Chang, Thomas K. Gaylord, Daniel Guidotti, and Jianjun Yu "Ultra-high-speed transmission of polymer-based multimode interference devices for board-level high-throughput optical interconnects", Proc. SPIE 6126, Photonics Packaging and Integration VI, 612601 (28 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.660138

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