Title :
Planar focusing lens grating for vertical coupling on 2D photonic crystal slab waveguide
Author :
Mizutani, Akio ; Ikeda, Naoki ; Watanabe, Yoshinori ; Ozaki, Nobuhiko ; Takata, Yoshiaki ; Kitagawa, Yoshinori ; Laere, Frederik ; Baets, Roel ; Sugimoto, Yoshimasa ; Asakawa, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Center for Tsukuba Adv. Res. Alliance, Tsukuba Univ.
Abstract :
Planar focusing lens gratings are investigated in order to realize an efficient coupling from an optical fiber to a two-dimensional photonic crystal slab waveguide. The optimal gratings exhibit the calculated coupling efficiency of 34%
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; lenses; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical focusing; photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystal slab waveguide; 34 percent; coupling efficiency; optical fiber; optimal gratings; planar focusing lens grating; vertical coupling; Fiber gratings; Geometry; Lenses; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Planar waveguides; Polarization; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279069
