Title :
Light collection from scattering media in a silicon photonics integrated circuit
Author :
Van Acoleyen, Karel ; Ryckeboer, Eva ; Komorowska, Katarzyna ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol. (INTEC), Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We present a silicon photonics integrated circuit to efficiently couple scattered light into a single mode waveguide. By modulating the phase of N light-capturing elements, the collection efficiency can be increased by a factor N.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; collection efficiency; light capturing elements; light collection; scattering media; silicon photonics integrated circuit; single mode waveguide; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110662
