DocumentCode
1472098
Title
Efficient Membrane Grating Couplers on InP
Author
Chen, Long ; Zhang, Liming ; Doerr, Christopher R. ; Dupuis, Nicolas ; Weimann, Nils G. ; Kopf, Rose F.
Author_Institution
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume
22
Issue
12
fYear
2010
fDate
6/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
890
Lastpage
892
Abstract
We demonstrate an efficient coupler on InP using an etched grating on a suspended InGaAsP membrane. We measure a peak coupling efficiency of 40% (-4 dB) between a cleaved standard single-mode fiber and a conventional nonsuspended InGaAsP waveguide with a 3-dB bandwidth of ~45 nm.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical fibre couplers; optical planar waveguides; InGaAsP; InP; cleaved standard single-mode fiber; conventional nonsuspended waveguide; etched grating; membrane grating couplers; peak coupling efficiency; Integrated optics; optical coupling; optical planar waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2010.2047391
Filename
5447645
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