Three-port mode-(de)interleaver in silicon waveguide

Abstract We propose a three-port silicon mode-(de)interleaver (TSMIL) using an asymmetric multi-arm Y-junction to flexibly address optical modes and efficiently increase the ports with less cascaded stages in mode-division multiplexing transmission. The design criteria developed for multi-port mode-(de)interleaving is presented. The qualitative functionality of the device is mainly determined by the widths of the arms. The example of a six-mode TSMIL is designed and analyzed in detail. Numerical simulations show that a low excess loss (

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