Title :
Lithium Niobate on Insulator (LNOI) grating couplers
Author :
Mahmoud, Mohamed ; Ghosh, Siddhartha ; Piazza, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
One-dimensional grating couplers and waveguides are fabricated in 500 nm X-cut Lithium Niobate thin film making use of the Lithium Niobate on Insulator (LNOI) platform. Single coupler exhibit -12 dB peak insertion loss.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; lithium compounds; optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; thin films; LiNbO3; X-cut lithium niobate thin film; insertion loss; lithium niobate on insulator grating couplers; one-dimensional grating couplers; single coupler; size 500 nm; waveguides; Couplers; Gratings; Lithium niobate; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
