Title :
Integration of ultra-low-loss silica waveguides with silicon photonics
Author :
Bauters, Jared F. ; Davenport, Michael L. ; Heck, Martijn J R ; Gleason, John ; Chen, Arnold ; Fang, Alexander W. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Sci. Building, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an integrated silicon and ultra-low-loss silica waveguide platform. Coupling between layers is achieved with (0.4±0.2) dB of loss per transition and a 20 nm 3-dB bandwidth.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; integrated optics; silicon photonics; ultralow loss silica waveguides; Couplings; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Silicon compounds; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358815
