Title :
Polarization independent grating coupler for silicon-on-insulator waveguides
Author :
Chiu, Chun-Chia ; Huang, Ding-Wei
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A polarization independent grating coupler for coupling the light from an optical fiber into a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide with a coupling efficiency independent of the polarization of the incident light was proposed. Such a polarization independent grating coupler can be achieved by superimposing the grating couplers which were originally designed for coupling solely the TE and the TM modes. Furthermore, it may have the advantage of being fabricated by a single etching step.
Keywords :
etching; light polarisation; optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; TE modes; TM modes; coupling efficiency; etching; optical fiber; polarization independent grating coupler; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; Couplers; Couplings; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Optical fibers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OPT MEMS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8925-1
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2010.5672128
