Title : 
On-chip mode multiplexer based on a single grating coupler
         
        
            Author : 
Ding, Yunhong ; Ou, Haiyan ; Xu, Jing ; Xiong, Meng ; Peucheret, Christophe
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A two-mode multiplexer based on a single grating coupler is proposed and demonstrated on a silicon chip. The LP01 and LP11 modes of a few-mode fiber are excited from TE0 and TE1 silicon waveguide modes.
         
        
            Keywords : 
integrated optics; multiplexing equipment; optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon; LP01 mode; LP11 mode; TE0 waveguide mode; TE1 silicon waveguide mode; few mode fiber; on-chip mode multiplexer; silicon chip; single grating coupler; Couplers; Gratings; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Silicon;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Burlingame, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-0731-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358818