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Abstract
In response to the increasing demands of the capacity enhancement of optical communication, a compact and high-performance silicon mode division multiplexer is proposed that multiplexes the fundamental and first-order transverse magnetic modes. The device structure is based on an asymmetric bent directional coupler with an ultrasmall coupling length of 3.67 µm. Utilizing single-layer silicon waveguides with the same heights allows the proposed device to be fabricated using a single-step CMOS-compatible fabrication process, which provides a cost-effective design in comparison with the previously reported structures. The three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation results confirm that the device has a low loss of 0.87 dB, low crosstalk of ${-}{21.8}\;{\rm dB}$, and high mode conversion efficiency of 98.3% at the communication wavelength of 1.55 µm. Furthermore, the device shows a broad bandwidth of about 110 nm, completely covering the C and L bands with crosstalk less than ${-}{10}\;{\rm dB}$. Moreover, it is shown that the proposed mode (de)multiplexer is fabrication tolerant for the coupling gap variation of ${-}{40}\;{\rm nm} \lt \Delta {g} \lt {23}\;{\rm nm}$ and the waveguide width variation of ${-}{25}\;{\rm nm} \lt \Delta {W} \lt {25}\;{\rm nm}$ for a low loss of ${ \lt }- {1.67}\;{\rm dB}$ and low crosstalk of ${ \lt }- {10}\;{\rm dB}$.
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