• DocumentCode
    559816
  • Title

    Improvement in coupling efficiency between a silicon waveguide and a surface mounted photo detector using an apodized grating coupler

  • Author

    Fujimoto, A. ; Uchiho, K. ; Shoji, Y. ; Mizumoto, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Oct. 30 2011-Nov. 2 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The design of an apodized grating coupler is discussed for coupling lightwave between a silicon waveguide to a surface mounted photo detector. A coupling efficiency higher than 85% is available for a random polarization at a wavelength of 1.55 μm.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; light polarisation; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; apodized grating coupler; coupling efficiency; lightwave coupling; random polarization; surface mounted photodetector; waveguide; wavelength 1.55 mum; Couplings; Physics; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microopics Conference (MOC), 2011 17th
  • Conference_Location
    Sendai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1344-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6110373
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=559816