• DocumentCode
    3014652
  • Title

    Focusing polarization diversity gratings for Silicon-on-Insulator integrated circuits

  • Author

    Van Laere, Frederik ; Bogaerts, Wim ; Dumon, Pieter ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Baets, Roel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol. (INTEC), Ghent Univ., Ghent
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    17-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    203
  • Lastpage
    205
  • Abstract
    We present experimental results for focusing grating couplers for coupling between optical fiber and nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator waveguides in polarization diversity configuration. The footprint is reduced by a factor of 8 compared to standard grating couplers.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optoelectronics; light polarisation; optical fibre couplers; optical focusing; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; grating couplers; nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator waveguides; optical fiber coupling; polarization diversity gratings; silicon-on-insulator integrated circuits; Fiber gratings; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1769-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1768-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638145
  • Filename
    4638145
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3014652