• DocumentCode
    1687125
  • Title

    Compact, Low-Loss Waveguide Crossings for High-Index-Contrast SOI Photonic Wires

  • Author

    Bogaerts, Wim ; Dumon, Pieter ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Baets, Roel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Gent
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Waveguide crossings are essential for complex photonic circuits. We present compact crossings for silicon-on-insulator photonic wires. By locally applying a lower index contrast, 97.5% transmission is achieved in a 6 mum length with only -40 dB crosstalk.
  • Keywords
    integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; optical waveguide components; silicon-on-insulator; crosstalk; high-index-contrast SOI photonic wires; low-loss waveguide crossings; photonic circuits; silicon-on-insulator photonic wires; Arm; Circuits; Crosstalk; Diffraction; Etching; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Refractive index; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348825
  • Filename
    4348825
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1687125