Title :
45-degree mirrors on graded-index core polymer optical waveguides for low-loss light coupling
Author :
Morimoto, Yoshie ; Kinoshita, Ryota ; Takahashi, Asami ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate that graded-index (GI) profiles in square-core waveguides improve the loss at 45-degree mirrors on its ends over the SI-core waveguides. We also fabricate and characterize the mirror on GI “circular”-core waveguides.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; mirrors; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguides; 45-degree mirrors; SI-core waveguides; circular core waveguides; graded-index core polymer optical waveguides; low-loss light coupling; square-core waveguides; Couplings; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995203
