Title :
Compact and Highly Efficient Grating Couplers Between Optical Fiber and Nanophotonic Waveguides in Bonded InP-membranes
Author :
van Laere, F. ; Ayre, M. ; Taillaert, D. ; Van Thourhout, D. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Baets, R.
Author_Institution :
Ghent University - IMEC, Department of Information Technology St. Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, BELGIUM e-mail: frederik.vanlaere@intec.ugent.be
Abstract :
We present compact and highly efficient grating couplers in bonded InP-membranes for coupling between single-mode optical fiber and nanophotonic waveguides. We have measured 56% coupling efficiency on grating couplers extended with a gold bottom mirror.
Keywords :
Coupling circuits; Etching; Fiber gratings; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Wafer bonding;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801040
