• DocumentCode
    2250754
  • Title

    Novel high efficiency vertical optical coupler using subwavelength high contrast grating

  • Author

    Zhu, Li ; Karagodsky, Vadim ; Yang, Weijian ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel vertical optical coupler using subwavelength high contrast grating is presented. Surface-normal incidence plane wave can be coupled into in-plane silicon-on-insulator waveguide with highest efficiency of 84% over a broad wavelength range.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; subwavelength high contrast grating; surface-normal incidence plane wave; vertical optical coupler; Couplers; Couplings; Gratings; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951047