[11a-N207-1~9] 3.15 Silicon photonics and integrated photonics

[11a-N207-4] MMI coupler structure for multimode system and its applications

〇Hideaki Okayama^1,2, Yosuke Onawa^1,2, Daisuke Shimura^1,2, Hiroki Yaegashi^1,2, Hironori Sasaki^1,2 (1.PETRA, 2.OKI)

Keywords:optical coupler, multi-mode

We report usage of MMI coupler with pm ports to obtain p port coupler for system using m guided modes. The device can realize polarization independence or mode division mulplexing systems.