This paper presents an overview of integrated optics routing and coupling devices based on
multimode interference. The underlying self-imaging principle in multimode waveguides is …

The need for solving optimization problems is prevalent in various physical applications,
including neuroscience, network design, biological systems, socio-economics, and chemical …

Self-imaging properties of generalized N× N multimode interference couplers are derived.
Positions, amplitudes, and phases of the self-images are directly related to the lengths and …

Analytical expressions are derived which relate the optical bandwidth and the fabrication
tolerances of multimode interference (MMI) couplers to their most important design …

Overlap**-image multimode interference (MMI) couplers, a new class of devices, permit
uniform and nonuniform power splitting. A theoretical description directly relates coupler …

Integrated optical circuits and components: Design and applications Page 1 INTEGRATED
OPTICAL CIRCUITS AND COMPONENTS DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS IP DWDM OCC DWDM …

New, compact multimode interference couplers with tunable power splitting ratios have been
realized. Experiments show large tuning ranges. Such couplers are needed to optimize ON …

A passive TE/TM mode polarization splitter based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is
demonstrated. Insertion loss of 1.5 db and extinction ratios of/spl minus/19 dB for TE and/spl …

We report on the concept and realization of new 2/spl times/2 and 1/spl times/3 multimode
interference (MMI) couplers that offer the possibility of a free choice of the power splitting …

Optical waveguide mode-combiners for fundamental and first-order modes, based on
multimode interference (MMI) couplers are presented. These devices convert a fundamental …