• DocumentCode
    1793466
  • Title

    Low loss/Large tolerance mode converter between SiN waveguide and cleaved single mode fiber

  • Author

    Lianxi Jia ; Junfeng Song ; Tsung-Yang Liow ; Xianshu Luo ; Xiaoguang Tu ; Qing Fang ; Sing-Chee Koh ; Mingbin Yu ; Guoqiang Lo

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency of Sci. & Technol. Res.), Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A mode converter is fabricated with SiON to reduce the coupling loss between SiN waveguide and cleaved single-mode-fiber. The coupling loss is 1.2dB/facet and 1.4dB/facet for TE and TM mode, respectively, with 3dB alignment tolerance of ±3.5μm.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical fibre losses; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; SiN; SiON; TE mode; TM mode; alignment tolerance; cleaved single mode fiber; coupling loss; large tolerance mode converter; low loss mode converter; waveguide; Couplings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1A.5
  • Filename
    6886640