Title :
Highly efficient grating coupler between optical fiber and silicon photonic circuit
Author :
Selvaraja, Shankar Kumar ; Vermeulen, Diedrik ; Schaekers, Marc ; Sleeckx, Erik ; Bogaerts, Wim ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Dumon, Pieter ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Gent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We report on a highly efficient grating coupler between an optical fiber and a silicon photonic circuit. Using layers of Si/SiO2 as a Bragg mirror and amorphous Si we have measured a coupling efficiency of 69.5%.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; mirrors; optical fibre couplers; optical variables measurement; silicon; silicon compounds; Bragg mirror; Si-SiO2; amorphous silicon; coupling efficiency measurement; efficiency 69.5 percent; high-efficiency grating coupler; optical fiber; silicon photonic circuit; Coupling circuits; Fiber gratings; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon; (230.1950) Diffraction gratings; (230.3120) Integrated optics Devices; (230.7370) Waveguides; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
