Unified Scattering Parameters formalism in terms of Coupled-Mode Theory for investigating hybrid single-mode/two-mode photonic interconnects

Yann Boucher (1, 2) , Alberto Parini (1) , Patrice Feron (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 ENIB - École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest

In terms of Linear Algebra, a directional coupler between a single-mode waveguide and a two-mode waveguide can be thought of as formally equivalent to a set of three mutually coupled single-mode waveguides. Its responses, easily derived in the frame of ternary Coupled-Mode Theory, are used to establish analytically the scattering parameters of a hybrid ring-based modal multiplexer.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Yann Boucher, Alberto Parini, Patrice Feron. Unified Scattering Parameters formalism in terms of Coupled-Mode Theory for investigating hybrid single-mode/two-mode photonic interconnects. Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference 2016 (NANOP 2016), Dec 2016, Paris, France. pp.00011, ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201713900011⟩. ⟨hal-01496420⟩