Compact design of 1×16 cascaded Y-branch splitter

We proposed a new kind of cascade Y-branch splitter with a branching region and a fan-out region.The length of the new device are analyzed in detail and compared with ordinary ones.The results show that the new splitter can be 10%-30% shorter than the ordinary splitters.We designed and fabricated a 1× 16 splitter in K+/Na+ ion-exchanged BK7 glass.The length of the new designed splitter is 30-mm,which is 85% of the length of an ordinary splitter.