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| Author(s): |
Lucas Gavião Rocha
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação |
| Defense date: | 2022-04-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Lucas Heitzmann Gabrielli;
Vilson Rosa de Almeida;
Hugo Enrique Hernández Figueroa
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| Advisor: | Lucas Heitzmann Gabrielli |
| Abstract | |
The crescent growth in internet usage has caused the data traffic to increase significantly, causing the current optical communication system to approach its theoretical transmission capacity limit defined by the Shannon nonlinear limit. Since the only remaining unexplored dimension on a fiber is space, the deployment of Space-Division Multiplexing (SDM) systems based on Multicore Fibers (MCFs) rises as a strong solution to overcome the incoming "transmission capacity crunch", additionally to improving the performance and cost-effectiveness of datacenters. Silicon photonics is a compact and low cost platform that can perform multiple functions on a chip level, and rises as a future billion-dollar market. Thus, an efficient interconnection platform between them is fundamental to the development of next-generation optical comunications. In this context, this work presents the design process, simulation and experimental characterization of two generation of couplers, by the combination of compact tapers obtained via optimization and grating couplers, to yield ultra-compact couplers used on arrays matching the cores of MCFs with core separation distance shorter than 40 µm... The abstract is available with the full electronic document (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/01771-7 - Few-modes fiber coupler |
| Grantee: | Lucas Gavião Rocha |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |