Title :
A compact fiber-to-waveguide coupler based on angled slots
Author :
Van Laere, Frederol ; Taillaert, Dirk ; Kotlyar, Maria V. ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
We present a compact grating coupler, consisting of slanted air slots, for coupling from single-mode fiber to InP-based waveguides. The theoretical coupling efficiency is better than 50% and first fabrication experiments are promising.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical fibre couplers; optical waveguides; InP; InP-based waveguides; angled slots; coupling efficiency; grating coupler; single-mode fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
