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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
