Title :
A low-loss, compact, broadband, polarization insensitive edge coupler for silicon photonics
Author :
Dewanjee, Arnab ; Caspers, Jan Niklas ; James, Daniel F. V. ; Mojahedi, Mo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We present the design of a broadband, compact, and low loss two level inverse taper edge coupler for silicon photonics. The polarization maintaining taper has less than 1 dB coupling loss from fiber to silicon waveguide and efficiently couples to both TE and TM polarizations.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; TE polarizations; TM polarizations; broadband edge coupler; compact edge coupler; fiber; low-loss edge coupler; polarization insensitive edge coupler; polarization maintaining taper; silicon photonics; silicon waveguide; two level inverse taper edge coupler; Couplers; Couplings; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon photonics; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995499
