• DocumentCode
    2250923
  • Title

    Experimental demonstration and simulation of lossless metal-free integrated elliptical reflectors for waveguide turnings and crossings

  • Author

    Li, Xiangyu ; Ou, Fang ; Hou, Zhenyu ; Huang, Yingyan ; Ho, Seng-Tiong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Novel on-chip waveguide turnings and crossings based on metal-free elliptical reflectors are simulated and demonstrated, 1μm-wide waveguide case gives half the loss in elliptical reflector turn (16% loss) compared to plane mirror turn (30% loss).
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical waveguides; elliptical reflector turn; lossless metal-free integrated elliptical reflectors; plane mirror turn; waveguide crossings; waveguide turnings; Mirrors; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Turning;
  • 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
    5951054