Title :
Non-uniform focusing grating for coupling between silicon waveguide and vertical optical fiber
Author :
Chen, Xia ; Li, Chao ; Tsang, Hon Ki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We present a compact focusing coupler between silicon waveguide and vertical optical fiber suitable for low cost packaging, which is 18 mum times 30 mum in size. 33% coupling efficiency with >45 nm 3 dB bandwidth was experimentally obtained.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; optical fibres; optical focusing; optical waveguides; silicon; focusing grating; low cost packaging; silicon waveguide; size 18 mum; size 30 mum; vertical optical fiber; Chirp; Costs; Fiber gratings; Focusing; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343247
