Title :
Subwavelength waveguide grating coupler for fiber-to-chip coupling on SOI with 80nm 1dB-Bandwidth
Author :
Chen, Xia ; Fung, Christy K Y ; Chen, Yi Min ; Tsang, Hon K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel subwavelength grating coupler on SOI for coupling between fiber and nanophotonic waveguide with a wide bandwidth. 80 nm 1 dB bandwidth was experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; SOI; Si-SiO2; fiber-to-chip coupling; nanophotonic waveguide; silicon-on-insulator; subwavelength waveguide grating coupler; Bandwidth; Couplers; Couplings; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4