DocumentCode
161067
Title
Fully-etched apodized fiber-to-chip grating coupler on the SOI platform with −0.78 dB coupling efficiency using photonic crystals and bonded Al mirror
Author
Yunhong Ding ; Haiyan Ou ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Yvind, Kresten
Author_Institution
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We design and fabricate an ultra-high coupling efficiency fully-etched apodized grating coupler on the SOI platform using photonic crystals and bonded aluminum mirror. Ultra-high coupling efficiency of -0.78 dB with a 3 dB bandwidth of 74 nm are demonstrated.
Keywords
aluminium; diffraction gratings; etching; integrated optics; mirrors; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; Al; SOI platform; bonded aluminum mirror; coupling efficiency; fully-etched apodized fiber-to-chip grating coupler; photonic crystals; silicon-on-insulator; Couplers; Couplings; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963889
Filename
6963889
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