Title :
Enhancement of the evanescent coupling between deeply-etched IIIV-Si hybrid microring laser and its small Si bus waveguide by using a bending coupler
Author :
Dai, Daoxin ; Liang, Di ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a bending coupler for a compact deeply-etched IIIV-Si hybrid microring laser. With the design, a relatively large gap (∼ 0.45 µm) is enough to result in sufficient evanescent coupling between the IIIV-Si hybrid microring and the Si bus waveguide.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic waveguides; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical design; Optical losses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic integrated circuits; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
