• DocumentCode
    2696142
  • Title

    Four port nanophotonic couplers for dense, planar integrated optics

  • Author

    MacFarlane, Duncan L. ; Peshave, Manasi ; Zhou, Wei ; Sultana, Nahid ; Christensen, Marc P. ; Huntoon, Nathan R. ; Evans, Gary A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    11-14 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    25
  • Lastpage
    26
  • Abstract
    Four port (4times4) couplers will be useful components for dense, planar photonic integration. A compact, high efficiency implementation based on evanescent coupling across a nanoscale gap is discussed.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical couplers; dense planar integrated optics; dense planar photonic integration; evanescent coupling; four port nanophotonic couplers; nanoscale gap; Couplers; Crystalline materials; Etching; Filters; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Optical reflection; Photonic integrated circuits; Refractive index; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMs and Nanophotonics, 2008 IEEE/LEOS Internationall Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Freiburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1917-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1918-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607810
  • Filename
    4607810