Title :
SOI 2D photonic crystals for microphotonic integrated circuits
Author :
McNab, S.J. ; Vlasov, Yu.A.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We review recent achievements in fabrication of silicon-on-insulator 2D photonic crystals compatible with microelectronics processing will be reported. We first address the problem of radiation and propagation losses by quantitative measurements of transmission spectra for various designs of photonic crystal waveguides. In optimized structures record low propagation losses of 20 dB/cm are reported. Next we show the way to effectively couple the light from the fiber to high index microphotonic circuits and photonic crystals by proper design of mode converter and butt-coupler.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; SOI 2D photonic crystals; Si; butt-coupler; high index microphotonic circuits; microelectronics processing; microphotonic integrated circuits; mode converter; photonic crystal waveguides; propagation losses; silicon-on-insulator 2D photonic crystals; transmission spectra; Coupling circuits; Fabrication; Integrated circuit measurements; Loss measurement; Microelectronics; Optical coupling; Photonic crystals; Photonic integrated circuits; Propagation losses; Silicon on insulator technology;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224284
