• DocumentCode
    3015395
  • Title

    Amorphous silicon spot-size converters fabricated with a shadow mask

  • Author

    Lipka, T. ; Harke, A. ; Horn, O. ; Amthor, J. ; Müller, J. ; Krause, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Micro Syst. Technol., Hamburg Univ. of Technol., Hamburg
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    17-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    311
  • Lastpage
    313
  • Abstract
    A rib-like spot-size converter was fabricated with a KOH etched shadow mask. The improvement in coupling and an expansion of the spot-size were evaluated with simulations and confirmed by transmission loss measurements.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; convertors; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; silicon; amorphous silicon spot-size converters; integrated photonic circuits; shadow mask; Amorphous silicon; Etching; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Predictive models;
  • 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/GROUP4.2008.4638183
  • Filename
    4638183