Title :
Mode conversion based on dielectric metamaterial in silicon
Author :
Ohana, David ; Desiatov, Boris ; Mazurski, Noa ; Levy, Uriel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We design, analyze and experimentally demonstrate a novel mode converter in silicon waveguide based on a graded index co-directional grating coupler. Numerical simulations results and microscope images of modes´ far field are presented and discussed.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; gradient index optics; optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical metamaterials; optical waveguides; silicon; dielectric metamaterial; graded index codirectional grating coupler; microscope images; mode conversion; mode far field; numerical simulations; silicon waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
