• DocumentCode
    733371
  • Title

    Apodized focusing fully etched sub-wavelength grating couplers with ultra-low reflections

  • Author

    Yun Wang ; Han Yun ; Zeqin Lu ; Bojko, Richard ; Fan Zhang ; Caverley, Michael ; Jaeger, Nicolas A. F. ; Chrostowski, Lukas

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate apodized focusing fully etched sub-wavelength grating couplers for the transverse electric (TE) mode. An insertion loss of 4.2 dB, 1-dB bandwidth of 36 nm, and back reflection of -24 dB have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical couplers; optical losses; reflectivity; apodized focusing fully etched sub-wavelength grating couplers; back reflection; insertion loss; transverse electric mode; ultra-low reflections; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Couplers; Focusing; Gratings; Insertion loss; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183809