• DocumentCode
    159325
  • Title

    Integrated grating coupler/power splitter for on-chip optical power distribution

  • Author

    Spuesens, Thijs ; Pathak, Sant ; Vanslembrouck, Michael ; Dumon, P. ; Bogaerts, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., imec, Center of Nano- & Biophotonics, Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    141
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    We present a novel fiber grating coupler structure with integrated 16-way power splitter. The device has a total coupling efficiency of -3.23dB (2.48dB better than a single grating coupler) and a nonuniformity of 1.1dB.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical couplers; fiber grating coupler structure; integrated 16-way power splitter; integrated grating coupler/power splitter; nonuniformity; on-chip optical power distribution; single grating coupler; total coupling efficiency; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Couplers; Gratings; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2282-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Group4.2014.6961966
  • Filename
    6961966