Title :
Engineering of silicon-on-insulator waveguide gratings for coupling to optical fibers
Author :
Chen, Xia ; Tsang, Hon K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We review our recent work on waveguide grating couplers. The grating structure may be engineered to enhance the coupling efficiency and bandwidth of grating couplers. Polarization-independent operation can also be achieved.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; silicon-on-insulator; Si; grating couplers; grating structure; optical fiber coupling; polarization-independent operation; silicon-on-insulator waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Couplers; Gratings; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
