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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607810
