Title :
Optical directional coupler based on Si-wire waveguides
Author :
Yamada, Hirohito ; Chu, Tao ; Ishida, Satomi ; Arakawa, Yasubiko
Author_Institution :
Fundamental & Environ. Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
29 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
Optical directional couplers were fabricated with Si-wire waveguides, and we demonstrated their fundamental characteristics. They had an extremely short coupling length of less than 1 μm as well as a wavelength discrimination function.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical directional couplers; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; Si-wire waveguides; coupling length; optical directional coupler; wavelength discrimination function; Directional couplers; Distributed control; Loss measurement; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Semiconductor waveguides; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2004. First IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8474-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2004.1416708
