Title :
Steerable free space optical interconnect with corrugated waveguide gratings optically isolated by 2D photonic crystal
Author :
Kwong, David ; Hosseini, Amir ; Yang Zhang ; Covey, John ; Xiaochuan Xu ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
An optical phased array of corrugated waveguide gratings is fabricated to realize free space optical interconnects with wavelength routing. A 2D photonic crystal is experimentally shown to prevent optical crosstalk between closely spaced array elements.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical interconnections; photonic crystals; telecommunication network routing; 2D photonic crystal; corrugated waveguide gratings; optical crosstalk; optical fabrication; optical phased array; steerable free space optical interconnect; wavelength routing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical interconnections; Photonic crystals; SOI photonic crystal; optical phased array;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5061-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5062-4
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2013.6552925
