DocumentCode
2252245
Title
Tunable optical coupling in a low-loss hollow core waveguide using adiabatically chirped high-contrast-gratings and MEMS actuators
Author
Wang, Xue ; Yue, Yang ; Zhang, Lin ; Huang, Hao ; Yan, Yan ; Yang, Weijian ; Ferrara, James ; Karagodsky, Vadim ; Chase, Christopher ; Tur, Moshe ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A low insertion loss optical coupler is designed using chirped high-contrast-grating hollow-core waveguide. 100% tuning of power coupling ratio is realized through mechanically adjusting the waveguide height by ~3 μm.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; micro-optomechanical devices; microactuators; optical couplers; MEMS actuators; adiabatically chirped high contrast gratings; chirped high contrast grating hollow core waveguide; low insertion loss optical coupler; low loss hollow core waveguide; tunable optical coupling; Chirp; Couplers; Couplings; Erbium; Gratings; Optical coupling; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951107
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