Title :
Polarization insensitive vertical coupler for multi-layer silicon photonic integrated circuits
Author :
Shitao Gao ; Yang Wang ; Ke Wang ; Skafidas, Efstratios
Author_Institution :
Nat. ICT Australia Ltd. (NICTA) - Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a polarization insensitive vertical coupler for 3D silicon photonic integrated circuits. Results show that the inter-layer coupling loss is 0.29 dB for the TE mode and 0.2 dB for the TM mode.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical couplers; optical losses; optical multilayers; silicon; 3D silicon photonic integrated circuits; Si; TE mode; TM mode; interlayer coupling loss; loss 0.29 dB; loss 2 dB; multilayer silicon photonic integrated circuits; polarization insensitive vertical coupler; Couplers; Couplings; Fabrication; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Silicon photonics; Three-dimensional displays; directional couplers; large scale integration; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115705
