Low-loss Low-crosstalk Silicon Rib Waveguide Crossing with Tapered Multimode-Interference Design

Low-loss Low-crosstalk Silicon Rib Waveguide Crossing with Tapered Multimode-Interference Design

Glenn Li, Xuezhe Zheng, Jin Yao, Hiren Thacker, Jin Hyoung Lee, Jack Cunningham, Kannan Raj, Ashok Krishnamoorthy

28 August 2012

Abstract: We report the design and fabrication of silicon rib-waveguide crossings based on taper-integrated multimode-interference. Measured devices built in a 130nm SOI CMOS process showed an insertion loss of 0.1dB/crossing, and an extracted crosstalk below -35dB.


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