Title :
Experimental demonstration of evanescent coupling from optical fibre tapers to photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Barclay, P.E. ; Srinivasan, K. ; Borselli, M. ; Painter, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
5/29/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental results demonstrating nearly complete mode-selective evanescent coupling to a photonic crystal waveguide from an optical fibre taper are presented. Codirectional coupling with 98% maximum power transfer to a photonic crystal waveguide of length 65 μm and with a coupling bandwidth of 20 nm is realised.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; 65 micron; codirectional coupling; coupling bandwidth; evanescent coupling; nearly complete mode-selective evanescent coupling; optical fibre tapers; photonic crystal waveguides; power transfer; uncoupled waveguide mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030565
