Title :
Fiber coupling to silicon waveguides using cantilever couplers
Author :
Sun, Peng ; Reano, Ronald M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate fiber-to-chip cantilever couplers that enable access to photonic devices on a chip surface without dicing or cleaving. Coupling efficiencies of 1.6 dB (TE) and 2 dB (TM) are achieved.
Keywords :
cantilevers; optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; fiber coupling; fiber-to-chip cantilever couplers; photonic devices; silicon waveguides; Insertion loss; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Strips; Tellurium;
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.2009.5343458
