Cascaded directional coupler-based polarization splitter/combiner on commercial silicon photonics integration platform

Kalliopi Spanidou; Luis Orbe; Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero; Dan Herrmann; Guillermo Carpintero

doi:10.1117/12.2649958

17 March 2023 Cascaded directional coupler-based polarization splitter/combiner on commercial silicon photonics integration platform

Kalliopi Spanidou, Luis Orbe, Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero, Dan Herrmann, Guillermo Carpintero

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Proceedings Volume 12424, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII; 1242407 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649958
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Silicon photonic (SiPho) platforms hold vast potential for providing multi-functional processing capabilities, such as filtering, mode-handling, modulation, etc. Structures for polarization manipulation have become essential elements to enhance channel capacity and to facilitate polarization multiplexing functions. Therefore, 1x2 polarization beam splitters (PBS) are introduced as polarization-division key building blocks based on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform for separating/combining the fundamental modes. By cascading three bent directional couplers (DC), high-performance coupling characteristics can be obtained similar to those of asymmetric ones. A first-ever integration of this kind of PBS has been achieved utilizing Tower Semiconductor's PH18MA silicon photonics platform, which offers 180 nm SOI process technology. In this work, both output ports of the proposed PBS are being tested for polarization filtering across a polarization sweep. The advanced features of this integration process pave the way for next-generation coherent transceivers and aim to meet future optical interconnecting requirements. Furthermore, Synopsys OptoCompiler and the Photonic IC Design Flow, featured in Tower’s process design kit (PDK), were used to design the devices.

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Kalliopi Spanidou, Luis Orbe, Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero, Dan Herrmann, and Guillermo Carpintero "Cascaded directional coupler-based polarization splitter/combiner on commercial silicon photonics integration platform", Proc. SPIE 12424, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII, 1242407 (17 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649958

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