Title :
Spot-size converter for low-loss coupling between 0.3-μm-square Si wire waveguides and single-mode fibers
Author :
Shoji, T. ; Tsuchizawa, T. ; Watanabe, T. ; Yamada, K. ; Morita, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Microsystem Integration Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
In this work, we demonstrate our newly developed spot-size converter, and characteristics of Si wire waveguides with the spot-size converters. We adopted an adiabatic inverse taper for the converter.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; 0.3 micron; 0.3-μm-square Si wire waveguides; Si; Si wire waveguides; adiabatic inverse taper; low-loss coupling; optical fibre couplers; single-mode fibers; spot-size converter; Electrons; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1134041
