Title :
New waveguide-fiber coupling method for fiber arrays based on integrated elliptic couplers
Author :
Wei, C. ; Jarmolik, A. ; Groen, F.H. ; Vreeburg, C.G.M. ; Vanwassenhove, L. ; Moerman, I. ; Van Daele, P. ; Baets, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
A new method for efficiently coupling an array of semiconductor waveguides to an array of single-mode fibers is proposed and experimentally tested. It does not require additional process steps as compared to butt coupling. A coupling efficiency of 25% was achieved and 50% is expected to be achievable.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; 25 to 50 percent; additional process steps; butt coupling; coupling efficiency; efficiently coupling; experimentally tested; fiber arrays; integrated elliptic couplers; semiconductor waveguides; single-mode fibers; waveguide-fiber coupling method;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
