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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
