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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638145
