Title :
Maxwell fisheye lens as a waveguide crossing for integrated photonics
Author :
Garnett, Joy ; Valentine, Jason
Author_Institution :
Mech. Eng. Dept., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the Maxwell fisheye lens realized can serve as an ideal waveguide crossing hub for up to 8 waveguides with 0.1 dB loss (97.7% transmission) and crosstalk of -40 dB.
Keywords :
integrated optics; lenses; optical crosstalk; optical waveguides; Maxwell fisheye lens; crosstalk; integrated photonics; loss; loss 0.1 dB; waveguide crossing; Crosstalk; Indexes; Lenses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Refractive index; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
