• DocumentCode
    2237159
  • Title

    Polarization insensitive grating coupler for lightwave coupling between silicon nanophotonic waveguide and surface mounted photodetector

  • Author

    Takei, Ryohei ; Uchiho, Kotaro ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The lightwave connection of silicon chips and external elements is a serious problem. The grating coupler is effective for the connection of the surface mounted photodetector. We demonstrate the polarization insensitive operation.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; lightwave connection; lightwave coupling; nanophotonic waveguide; polarization insensitive grating coupler; surface mounted photodetector; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Optical fibers; Photodetectors; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950500