• DocumentCode
    510638
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-6 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5377304