• DocumentCode
    1684639
  • Title

    Integrated gradient index luneburg lens for robust fiber-to-chip coupling

  • Author

    Gabrielli, Lucas H. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a high contrast, low loss, gradient index lens for robust fiber-to-chip coupling of silicon waveguides. We experimentally show increased alignment tolerance in comparison to a conventional inverse taper.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; gradient index optics; integrated optics; lenses; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; gradient index luneburg lens; robust fiber-to-chip coupling; silicon waveguides; Couplers; Couplings; Indexes; Lenses; Optical waveguides; Robustness; 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
    6326836