Title :
An o-band metamaterial converter interfacing standard optical fibers to silicon nanophotonic waveguides
Author :
Barwicz, Tymon ; Janta-Polczynski, Alexander ; Khater, Marwan ; Thibodeau, Yan ; Leidy, Robert ; Maling, Jeffrey ; Martel, Stephan ; Engelmann, Sebastian ; Orcutt, Jason S. ; Fortier, Paul ; Green, William M. J.
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A metamaterial interface between standard optical fibers and silicon waveguides was fabricated in a CMOS production facility and shows -1.3dB peak efficiency with 0.8dB penalty over a 100 nm bandwidth and all polarizations.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical metamaterials; optical waveguides; silicon; CMOS production facility; O-band metamaterial converter; Si; metamaterial interface; optical polarizations; peak efficiency; silicon nanophotonic waveguides; standard optical fibers; Metamaterials; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
