In this paper, a balanced optical fanout using 1/spl times/4 thin film metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetector array embedded in a photoimageable polymer multi-mode interference (MMI) coupler is fabricated, demonstrated, and compared to theoretical estimates. This is the first MMI coupler reported with an integrated photodetector array, and the first MMI coupler reported that has been fabricated with a photoimageable polymer. For optical signal distribution (e.g. optical clock distribution), balanced signal routing is an important optical function, and MMI couplers provide compact design, low splitting loss, and balanced output.


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    Title :

    Planar lightwave circuit balanced optical fanout using a thin photodetector array embedded in a polymer MMI coupler


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    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


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    211962 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English