• DocumentCode
    3137457
  • Title

    Grating coupler for mid-infrared silicon-on-sapphire waveguide

  • Author

    Chen, X. ; Li, C. ; Tsang, H.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Silicon dioxide has very high optical loss at mid-infrared wavelengths. Here we describe the first shallow-etched grating coupler for a silicon-on-sapphire waveguide at mid-infrared wavelengths, verified with a Er/Pr co-doped ZBLAN fiber laser (2.75 mum wavelength).
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; diffraction gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; optical couplers; optical planar waveguides; praseodymium; sapphire; silicon-on-insulator; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; Si-Al2O3; ZBLAN:Er,Pr; coupling efficiency; fiber laser; grating coupler; mid-infrared wavelength; shallow etching; silicon-on-sapphire waveguide; wavelength 2.75 mum; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser excitation; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5222623
  • Filename
    5222623
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3137457