Title :
SOI Photonic Wire Based Components with Compact and Efficient Fiber Couplers
Author :
Baets, Roel ; Bogaerts, Wim ; Taillaert, Dirk ; Dumon, Pieter ; Van Thourhout, Dries
Author_Institution :
Ghent Univ., Ghent
Abstract :
We present compact wavelength selective functions based on SOI photonic wires, like AWGs, Mach-Zehnder filters and ring resonators, fabricated with CMOS processes. We couple to single-mode fiber with grating couplers, which also allow polarization-independent behaviour.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; diffraction gratings; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical fibre couplers; optical filters; optical resonators; silicon-on-insulator; wires; CMOS processes; SOI photonic wire; compact wavelength selective functions; grating couplers; polarization-independent behaviour; single-mode fiber; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Filters; Integrated optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Wire;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348871
