Title :
Cladding-modulated bragg gratings in silicon waveguides
Author :
Tan, D.T.H. ; Ikeda, K. ; Fainman, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
A cladding-modulated Bragg grating implemented using periodic placements of silicon cylinders in the cladding along a silicon waveguide is proposed. Modeling results are verified experimentally, demonstrating coupling strengths differing by an order of magnitude.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; claddings; elemental semiconductors; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; cladding-modulated Bragg grating; coupling strength; optical waveguide; silicon cylinder; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Engine cylinders; Finite difference methods; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Time domain analysis; Wavelength division multiplexing; (230.1480) Bragg reflectors; (230.7380) Waveguides, channeled;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
