Title :
Silicon based waveguide-to-free-space coupler
Author :
Gatdula, Robert ; Abbaslou, Siamak ; Wei Jiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A 2D rectangular photonic crystal structure is fabricated with a single lithography step, resulting in a waveguide-to-free-space coupler with <;3 dB loss, and 35 nm 3-dB bandwidth.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguides; photolithography; silicon; 2D rectangular photonic crystal structure; Si; optical loss; silicon-based waveguide-to-free-space coupler; single lithography step; Couplers; Integrated optics; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2467-7
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886075
