Title :
Fiber couplers for silicon-on-insulator photonic IC´s with optimized on-chip return loss
Author :
Yanlu Li ; Vermeulen, D. ; De Koninck, Yannick ; Yurtsever, G. ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
INTEC Dept., Photonics Res. Group, Ghent Univ. - IMEC, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
A novel grating coupler design with a high return loss is demonstrated for silicon-on-insulator photonic IC´s. The average return loss is around 10 dB better than that of a commonly used focusing grating coupler.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; silicon-on-insulator; fiber couplers; grating coupler design; optimized on-chip return loss; silicon-on-insulator photonic IC; Couplers; Focusing; Gratings; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon on insulator technology; System-on-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
