Title :
Coupling of waveguides to detectors using spherical lenses and lens fibers
Author :
Anderson, Eric ; Tran, Dean ; Strijek, Ronald ; Rezek, Edward ; Johnson, Roosevelt ; Klein, James ; Boger, Dave ; Uchiyama, Gordon ; Folkman, Mark
Author_Institution :
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
Two coupling systems were developed using spherical lenses and lens fibers for coupling a silicon array waveguide structure to a detector array. The holding structures were fabricated using the crystallographic etching characteristics of III-V semiconductors
Keywords :
etching; lenses; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; photodetectors; III-V semiconductors; Si; coupling systems; crystallographic etching; detector array; lens fibers; silicon array waveguide structure; spherical lenses; waveguide/detector coupling; Assembly; Detectors; Etching; Indium phosphide; Lenses; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739723
