Title :
Characterization of deep etched holes arrays as grating couplers between optical fibers and nanophotonic waveguides
Author :
Chen, Xia ; Tsang, Hon Ki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Experimental results of grating couplers composed of holes arrays that fabricated at the same time as waveguides were presented. This design does not require additional process for couplers fabrication, yet achieved 30% coupling efficiency.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical fibres; couplers fabrication; coupling efficiency; deep etched holes arrays; grating couplers; nanophotonic waveguides; optical fibers; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Etching; Fiber gratings; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343373
