Compact low-loss vertical resonant mode coupling between two well-confined waveguides for monolithic integration

Author

Saini, S.S. ; Dilli, Z. ; Hu, Y. ; Grover, R. ; Dagenais, M. ; Johnson, F.G. ; Stone, D.R. ; Shen, H. ; Pamulapati, J. ; Zhou, W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

840

Abstract

We have demonstrated an ultra-compact, highly efficient mode transformation between a highly confined active waveguide and a well-confined passive waveguide using conventional fabrication and single epitaxial growth. The mode is transformed over a taper 100 μm long and with a low round trip mode transformation loss of 0.3 dB. This scheme provides an attractive platform technology for monolithic integration of various active and passive devices, like splitters with amplifiers, Mach-Zehnder interferometers etc

Keywords

molecular beam epitaxial growth; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical testing; ridge waveguides; 0.3 dB; 100 mum; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; active devices; amplifiers; compact low-loss vertical resonant mode coupling; conventional fabrication; highly confined active waveguide; low round trip mode transformation loss; mode; monolithic integration; passive devices; platform technology; single epitaxial growth; splitters; taper; ultra-compact highly efficient mode transformation; well-confined passive waveguide; well-confined waveguides; Educational institutions; Epitaxial growth; Etching; Indium phosphide; Laboratories; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical waveguides; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5634-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1999.811996

Filename

811996