Title :
On-chip grating coupler array on the SOI platform for fan-in/fan-out of multi-core fibers with low insertion loss and crosstalk
Author :
Yunhong Ding ; Feihong Ye ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Haiyan Ou ; Miyamoto, Yutaka ; Morioka, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We design and fabricate a compact multi-core fiber fan-in/fan-out using a fully-etched grating coupler array on the SOI platform. Lowest coupling loss of 6.8 dB with 3 dB bandwidth of 48 nm and crosstalk lower than ×32 dB are demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; etching; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; silicon-on-insulator; fully-etched grating coupler array; insertion loss; multicore fiber fan-in-fan-out; on-chip grating coupler array; optical crosstalk; silicon-on-insulator; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Loss measurement; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964081
