We report simulation results for a directional coupler between silicon waveguides in different layers of a threedimensional (3D) optical circuit. The coupling length is 1.4 mm. The device is manufacturable using standard CMOS technology provided individual waveguide layers can be vertically stacked. In simulations of coupling efficiency the design exhibits negligible loss with respect to transl...

We propose a novel broadband coupler for silicon photonics using a hybrid plasmonic waveguide section. The hybrid plasmonic waveguide is used to create an asymmetric section in the middle of a silicon nanowire waveguide coupler to introduce a phase delay to allow for a 3-dB power coupling ratio over a 150 nm bandwidth around 1.55 µm. The device is very compact (<8.5 µm) and has a low insertion ...

We present an on-chip optical mode exchange between two multiplexed modes by using tapered directional couplers on silicon-on-insulator platform. The device consisting of mode multiplexing and mode exchange is compact with relatively large fabrication error tolerance. The simulation results show efficient higher order mode excitation and mode exchange. A low excess loss less than 0.5 dB and hig...

The accurate analysis of optical waveguides is an important issue when designing devices for optical communication purposes. Different numerical approaches exist for modeling waveguide structures and one of the most important issues is the calculation of the guided modes of the waveguide. Commercial programs are widely available for the analysis of isotropic waveguides or waveguides with a redu...

In this work, the design and fabrication process of a stripline 90 degree hybrid coupler using LTCC technology are presented. The main specifications required for the device developed were 1.03 GHz central operation frequency, isolation higher than 23dB and a maximum size of 15 mm x 10 mm. To obtain a starting point of physical parameters for the simplified DC configuration a transmission lines...

A compact fully integrated wideband six-port device composed of a suspended stripline Wilkinson power divider and three bias stripline of 3-dB quadrature directional couplers is presented. In order to integrate a six-port circuit, a multilayer circuit structure has been adopted by the via hole interconnection at the output port of the divider. The 3-dB quadrature directional coupler is composed...

Efficient and selective coupling between a single-mode fiber and the LP(11) mode of a double-mode fiber is demonstrated in an evanescent directional coupler. With greater than 90% coupling to the LP(11) mode, suppression of the coupled power to the lower-order LP(01) mode was measured to be at least 24 dB. This device has application as a modal filter for the construction of in-line all-fiber o...

This paper presents the design of 6dB directional coupler in C-band. A defected ground structure is used underneath the coupled region in order to relax the requirement for a narrow slot between the coupled lines. The simulated results show that the designed coupler exhibits a coupling of 6±0.1dB across the band 4.0 GHz to 4.5 GHz, when the spacing between the coupled lines is larger than 0.1 m...

The transmission properties of a guide consisting of a dielectric rod of rectangular cross-section surrounded by dielectrics of smaller refractive indices are determined. This guide is the basic component in a new technology called integrated optical circuitry. The directional coupler, a particularly useful device, made of two of those guides closely spaced is also analyzed. [The SCI indicates ...

This Letter reports a nonlinear directional waveguide coupler written by ultrafast laser in gallium lanthanum sulfide chalcogenide glass. The nonlinear waveguide device is tested with laser pulses input in two orthogonal polarizations, and all optical switching at 1040 nm between the two coupled waveguides is observed at a peak fluence of 16 GW/cm2. The spectra and autocorrelation measurement f...