Title :
Low loss/Large tolerance mode converter between SiN waveguide and cleaved single mode fiber
Author :
Lianxi Jia ; Junfeng Song ; Tsung-Yang Liow ; Xianshu Luo ; Xiaoguang Tu ; Qing Fang ; Sing-Chee Koh ; Mingbin Yu ; Guoqiang Lo
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency of Sci. & Technol. Res.), Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A mode converter is fabricated with SiON to reduce the coupling loss between SiN waveguide and cleaved single-mode-fiber. The coupling loss is 1.2dB/facet and 1.4dB/facet for TE and TM mode, respectively, with 3dB alignment tolerance of ±3.5μm.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical fibre losses; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; SiN; SiON; TE mode; TM mode; alignment tolerance; cleaved single mode fiber; coupling loss; large tolerance mode converter; low loss mode converter; waveguide; Couplings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1A.5
