• DocumentCode
    712258
  • Title

    Ultra-low loss vertical optical couplers for 3D photonic integrated circuits

  • Author

    Kuanping Shang ; Pathak, Shibnath ; Guangyao Liu ; Yoo, S.J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We design, fabricate, and demonstrate ultra-low loss Si3N4 vertical couplers for multilayer photonic integrated circuits. We achieve 0.05 dB coupling loss, 100×2 μm2 footprint, and vertical coupling tolerant to lateral misalignment up to 1.2 μm.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical couplers; silicon compounds; 3D photonic integrated circuits; Si3N4; coupling loss; loss 0.05 dB; multilayer photonic integrated circuits; optical couplers; vertical couplers; Couplers; Integrated optics; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical losses; Photonic integrated circuits; Three-dimensional displays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121597