Full Bandwidth Wavelength Division Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Based on MMI

In this letter, we design and experimentally demonstrate a four-channel full-band wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) device based on multimode interference in the silicon dioxide material platform. The simulation and performance analysis of WDM devices are carried out by the beam propagation method and finite-difference time-domain method. With a simple structure, the device is in small size, and easy to implement in process. The experimental results show that the device achieves a wavelength separation of 1.28, 1.34, 1.52, and 1.58 μm. The insertion losses and a contrast between two channels are also displayed.