• DocumentCode
    3011237
  • Title

    Low-Loss Silicon Wire Waveguides with 3-D Tapered Couplers Fabricated by Self Profile Transformation

  • Author

    Lee, Ming-Chang M. ; Chiu, Wei-Chao ; Yang, Tse-Ming ; Chen, Chin-Hung ; Wu, Ming C.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel low-loss silicon wire waveguide as well as 3-D tapered couplers is demonstrated by self profile transformation for the first time. The preliminary experimental results show the propagation loss is 2 dB/cm and the coupler loss is 2.7 dB.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; silicon; 3D tapered couplers; Si; propagation loss; self profile transformation; silicon wire waveguides; Annealing; Hydrogen; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452954
  • Filename
    4452954