ECE 241B Optical Devices for Computing Lecture: Modeling photonic circuits

Shayan Mookherjea University of California, San Diego Micro/Nano-Photonics Group http://mnp.ucsd.edu

UC San Diego, January March 2012

Michael Cooper, PhD, UC San Diego, 2010

Directional Coupler Coupled Mode Theory

lc + lend

Coupling Coefficient

lc + lend = sin 2 Lc
2 2

Lc =
na

2 ( ns na )

effective refractive index of asymmetric eigenmode effective refractive index of symmetric eigenmode

ns

[Partially etched] Ex of TE Symmetric Mode Air Si Si

200 nm

neff = 2.55, = 1550 nm

Si SiO2 x

50 nm

Ex of TE Anti-Symmetric Mode Air Si Si

200 nm

neff = 2.54, = 1550 nm

Si SiO2 x

[Fully etched]

asymmetric eigenmode neff = 2.49

symmetric eigenmode neff = 2.50

500 nm

Air Si SiO2
Separation 250 nm

G. T. Paloczi, Y. Huang, A. Yariv, and S. Mookherjea, "Polymeric Mach-Zehnder interferometer using serially coupled microring resonators", Optics Express 11, 2666 (2003).

Transfer Matrix

Boundary Condition

Solution: Through Port

Drop Port

|t| = |t| > |t| <

Critical Coupling Under-Coupled Over-Coupled

= 0.3

= 0.5

= 0.7

Frequently, we need to fit experimental data to the ring response:

Ryan Aguinaldo

Example calculation
Input

Drop channels