• DocumentCode
    1657536
  • Title

    Compact silicon strip waveguide cantilever couplers for low-loss and broadband fiber-to-chip coupling

  • Author

    Wood, Michael ; Sun, Peng ; Reano, Ronald M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate low-loss fiber-to-chip coupling using 7.3 μm long silicon strip waveguide cantilever couplers. Average coupling losses are measured to be less than 0.62 dB per connection throughout the optical telecommunications C band.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; silicon; C band; Si; broadband fiber-to-chip coupling; compact silicon strip waveguide cantilever coupler; coupling loss; low-loss fiber-to-chip coupling; optical telecommunication; size 7.3 mum; Couplers; Couplings; Loss measurement; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325810