Design and optimization of passive components for optical interconnects

Pascal Bontoux; Ian O'Connor; Frederic Gaffiot; Gilles Jacquemod

doi:10.1117/12.382316

10 April 2000 Design and optimization of passive components for optical interconnects

Pascal Bontoux, Ian O'Connor, Frederic Gaffiot, Gilles Jacquemod

Proceedings Volume 4019, Design, Test, Integration, and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382316
Event: Symposium on Design, Test, Integration, and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, 2000, Paris, France

Abstract

In this paper, we present an optimization method for passive components such as straight waveguides, Y-couplers or microring resonators, in order to design optical interconnects and networks. We show that the optical interconnects used in telecommunication applications may also be used in photonic integrated circuits, especially in the case of parallel computing networks. In a first approach, we have taken an interest in modal constant propagation in order to describe signal transmission in integrated optical devices. In a second approach, FDTD simulations of Y-couplers have allowed us to optimize the shape of such devices, and to establish a behavioral model for a single-mode coupler. Moreover, a link between VHDL-AMS and the FDTD algorithm has been prosed in order to overcome problems encountered in the description of propagation phenomena at device and layout level.

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Pascal Bontoux, Ian O'Connor, Frederic Gaffiot, and Gilles Jacquemod "Design and optimization of passive components for optical interconnects", Proc. SPIE 4019, Design, Test, Integration, and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, (10 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382316

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