• DocumentCode
    689210
  • Title

    Broadband compact Si wire to slot waveguide couplers

  • Author

    Wong, Herman M. K. ; Lin, Chong ; Swillam, Mohamed A. ; Helmy, Amr S.

  • Author_Institution
    Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The design, realization, and characterization of a compact Si wire to slot waveguide coupler with 3-dB bandwidth of 250 nm are presented. The coupler footprint is ~725×500 nm and peak efficiency > 50%.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; broadband compact Si wire; coupler design; coupler footprint; peak efficiency; slot waveguide couplers; wavelength 250 nm; Couplers; Couplings; Junctions; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833592