Title :
Design and Implementation of Ultra-Compact Grating-Based 2??2 Beam Splitter for Miniature Photonic Integrated Circuits
Author :
Chin-Hui Chen ; Kinmkin, Jonathan ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We provide detailed experimental study of reflectivity, insertion loss, and interference extinction ratio for our recently proposed and demonstrated grating-based beam splitter. Both low- loss and high-extinction-ratio devices are demonstrated for reflectivities close to 50%.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical beam splitters; grating-based beam splitter; miniature photonic integrated circuits; ultra-compact grating; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Detectors; Etching; Insertion loss; Interference; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Propagation losses; Reflectivity; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528578
