• DocumentCode
    2845039
  • Title

    Ultra-low-loss nano-taper coupler for silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide

  • Author

    Pu, Minhao ; Liu, Liu ; Ou, Haiyan ; Yvind, Kresten ; Hvam, Jørn M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-23 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A nano-taper coupler is optimized specially for the transverse-magnetic mode for interfacing light between a silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide and a single-mode fiber. An ultra-low coupling loss of ~0.36dB is achieved for the nano-taper coupler.
  • Keywords
    ridge waveguides; waveguide couplers; silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguide; single-mode fiber; transverse-magnetic mode; ultra low-loss nano-taper coupler; Couplers; Couplings; Insertion loss; Optical fiber couplers; Oxidation; Propagation losses; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Torino
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8536-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8534-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621261
  • Filename
    5621261
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2845039