Characterization and design of optical integrated devices for optical clock distribution network

摘要

The design and characterization of very compact passive devices based on Silicon On Insulator (SOI) are investigated. Our devices have been realised on 8 inch wafer at CEA LETI using microelectronics technology for the demonstration of an optical clock distribution. We have studied strip waveguide of 0.3 μm width and 0.38 μm in height, Y junctions, MMI splitters and two kinds of microbends with constant or progressive radius of curvature.