Title :
2×2 Broadband adiabatic 3-dB couplers on SOI strip waveguides for TE and TM modes
Author :
Han Yun ; Zeqin Lu ; Yun Wang ; Wei Shi ; Christowski, Lukas ; Jaeger, Nicolas A. F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrated adiabatic 3-dB couplers on silicon-on-insulator strip waveguides. We obtained average splitting ratios, from 1500 nm to 1600 nm, of 44.5%/55.5% and 50.5%/49.5% for our transverse electric and transverse magnetic couplers, respectively.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; 2x2 broadband adiabatic 3-dB couplers; SOI strip waveguides; Si; TE modes; TM modes; average splitting ratios; silicon-on-insulator; transverse electric magnetic couplers; transverse magnetic couplers; wavelength 1500 nm to 1600 nm; Couplers; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Strips; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
