Title :
Optical demonstration of a compliant polymer interface between standard fibers and nanophotonic waveguides
Author :
Barwicz, Tymon ; Taira, Yoichi ; Takenobu, Shotaro ; Boyer, Nicolas ; Janta-Polczynski, Alexander ; Thibodeau, Yan ; Kamlapurkar, Swetha ; Engelmann, Sebastian ; Numata, Hidetoshi ; Bruce, Robert L. ; Laflamme, Simon ; Fortier, Paul ; Vlasov, Yurii A.
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a peak transmission efficiency of -2.4dB between a standard optical fiber and a nanophotonic waveguide using a mechanically compliant polymer interface. We find a 1.5dB penalty over a 100nm bandwidth and all polarizations.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical fibre couplers; optical planar waveguides; optical polymers; nanophotonic waveguides; polymer interface; standard fibers; Assembly; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
